(c)
paragraph (e) of clause (2) to the extent that it is shown that the
law in question imposes reasonable conditions that must be
satisfied if witnesses called to testify on behalf of an accused
person are to be paid their expenses out of public funds;
(d)
clause (2) to the extent that it is shown that the law provides that-
(i)
where the trial of any person for any offence prescribed by or
under the law has been adjourned and the accused, having
pleaded to the charge, fails to appear at the time fixed by the
court for the resumption of his trial after the adjournment, the
proceedings may continue notwithstanding the absence of the
accused if the court, being satisfied that, having regard to all the
circumstances of the case, it is just and reasonable so to do, so
orders; and
(ii)
the court shall set aside any conviction or sentence pronounced
in the absence of the accused in respect of that offence if the
accused satisfies the court without undue delay that the cause of
his absence was reasonable and that he had a valid defence to the
charge;
(e)
clause (2) to the extent that it is shown that the law provides that
the trial of a body corporate may take place in the absence of any
representative of the body corporate upon a charge in respect of
which a plea of not guilty has been entered by the court;
(f)
clause (5) to the extent that it is shown that the law in question
authorises a court to try a member of a disciplined force for a
criminal offence notwithstanding any trial and conviction or
acquittal of that member under the disciplinary law of that force,
so, however, that any court so trying such a member and
convicting him shall in sentencing him to any punishment take
into account any punishment awarded him under that
disciplinary law.
(13) In the case of any person who is held in lawful detention, clause
(1), paragraphs (d) and (e) of clause (3) shall not apply in relation to his
trial for a criminal offence under the law regulating the discipline of
persons held in such detention.
(14) In its application to a body corporate clause (2) shall have effect as
if words "in person or" were omitted from paragraph (d) and (e).
(15) In this Article "criminal offence" means a criminal offence under