(1) Where the appellant fails to appear before the Court and to prosecute his or her appeal, the Registrar of the Court shall, not later than 24 hours, transmit to the clerk of the Court from which the case on appeal was brought, a certificate to that effect, and the magistrate shall treat the recognizance as forfeited and deal with it as such, or make such order as may be just, with respect to the amount lodged by the appellant.