Entering of plea by corporation

(1) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions prefers an indictment against a corporation in respect of any crime, the corporation may, on arraignment before the court, enter in writing by its representative a plea of guilty or not guilty, and if either the corporation does not appear by a representative or, though it does so appear, fails to enter as aforesaid any plea, the court shall order a plea of not guilty to be entered and the trial shall proceed as though the corporation had duly entered a plea of not guilty. (2) Section 45(3) and (4) shall have effect in relation to the entering of a plea on behalf of a corporation under this section. (3) The procedure prescribed in this section for the entering of a plea by a corporation shall also apply mutatis mutandis where an unincorporated body or association is arraigned before the court