If the accused does not comply with the summons, the president may order that he be brought before the court by force; he may also, after reading out at the hearing the report recording his resistance, order that, notwithstanding his absence, the proceedings be dispensed with.
After each hearing, the record of the proceedings will be read to the accused who has not appeared by the clerk of the assize court, and he will be served with a copy of the prosecution’s submissions and the judgments handed down by the court, all of which are deemed to be contradictory.