(1) When the accused person is given in charge to the jury, the trial thereafter shall proceed continuously subject to the power of the Court to adjourn it.
(2) A trial may be adjourned at any time of the trial, whether a jury has or has not been sworn and whether evidence has or has not been given.
(3) Upon every adjournment the Court may, if it thinks fit, direct that during the adjournment the jury should be kept together and proper provision made for preventing the jury from communicating with any other person on the subject of the trial.
(4) If the Court gives no such direction, the jury shall be permitted to separate.
(5) When a trial is adjourned after the jury have been sworn, the Court may discharge the jury.