(1)Without prejudice to section 54 of this Act, and subject to subsection (2) below, no part of a trial shall take place outwith the presence of the accused.
(2)If during the course of his trial an accused so misconducts himself that in the view of the court a proper trial cannot take place unless he is removed, the court may order—
(a)that he is removed from the court for so long as his conduct makes it necessary; and
(b)that the trial proceeds in his absence,
but if he is not legally represented the court shall appoint counsel or a solicitor to represent his interests during such absence.
(3)From the commencement of the leading of evidence in a trial for rape or the like the judge may, if he thinks fit, cause all persons other than the accused and counsel and solicitors to be removed from the court-room.