Section 382: Assignment of information and issuance of notice of trial

(1) Where an information has been filed in the court, the Chief Judge shall take appropriate steps to ensure that the information filed is assigned to a court for trial within 15 working days of its filing.
(2) On assigning the information, the court to which the information is assigned shall within 10 working days of the assignment issue notice of trial to the witnesses and defendants and a reproduction warrant properly endorsed by the Judge in respect of the defendant charged, where he is in custody, for the purpose of ensuring his appearance on the date of arraignment, and the Chief Registrar shall ensure the prompt service of the notice and information not more than 3 days from the date they are issued.
(3) Where the defendant named in the information is in custody, the notice of trial and the information shall be delivered to him through the officer in charge of the prison in which he is detained, and the warrant for his production shall be served on the officer of the prison.
(4) Where the defendant is not in custody, the notice of trial and the information shall be served on him personally.
(5) Where it is impossible or impracticable to effect personal service of the notice of trial and information on the defendant, they may be served on him, with leave of court, through his legal practitioner, if any, or on his surety or sureties, or on an adult in his household, and the service shall be deemed to be duly served on the defendant.
(6) Nothing in this section shall prevent the defendant from being tried by reason only that the notice of trial and the information were served on him less than three days before the date of trial, where he consents to being so tried.