(1) At the time appointed for the trial or sentencing of the accused upon any indictment he or she shall appear or be placed at the bar.
(2) The accused shall be informed in open Court of the offence with which he or she is charged as set forth in the indictment, and he or she shall be required to plead instantly to the indictment, unless where the accused, having been committed for trial objects, and the Court finds that he or she has not been duly served with a copy of the indictment.
(3) A trial is deemed to begin when the accused is called upon to plead to the indictment.