6Special provision for transferred trials
(1)If, under section 14(2) of the [1925 c. 86.] Criminal Justice Act 1925, a court of assize or quarter sessions directs that a person committed for trial be tried or retried before another such court, the following powers of the court under this Act, that is to say—
(a)the powers conferred by subsection (2) of section 4 in the case of a witness who has failed to attend the court; and
(b)the powers conferred by subsection (3) of that section or subsection (4) of section 5 in the case of a witness who is brought or attends or appears before the court pursuant to a warrant, notice or recognisance,
may be exercised by the first-mentioned court for the purpose of securing the attendance or further attendance of the witness before that other court; and references to the court in those provisions shall be construed accordingly.
(2)The provision made under subsection (3) of section 14 of the said Act of 1925 and under subsection (5) of section 11 of the [1938 c. 63.] Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938 for the alteration of proceedings and documents where a case is transferred under those sections shall extend to all process issued under this Act, and subsection (1) of this section shall be without prejudice to the provision made under the said section 14(3).