Procedure with respect to witnesses where trial is postponed

(1) Where the trial of any cause is postponed from one sitting of the court to another sitting, the court may respite the recognisance of every witness bound by recognisance to attend the first-mentioned sitting, and that witness shall be bound to attend to give evidence at the other sitting without entering into any fresh recognisance for that purpose, in the same manner as if he was originally bound by his recognisance to attend and give evidence at the other sitting. (2) The Registrar shall deliver or cause to be delivered to every witness in any case so postponed a notice in writing informing him of the day on which the sitting of the court to which the cause is postponed will commence and of the manner in which he can ascertain the day on which the cause will be tried.