(1) This section applies if the following two conditions are satisfied.
(2) The first condition is that a defendant falls within either of the following paragraphs -
(a) he absconds and, either before or after doing so, he is convicted of an offence or offences in proceedings before the Crown Court;
(b) he absconds after being committed to the Crown Court in respect of an offence or offences under section 218 below (committal with a view to a confiscation order being considered).
(3) The second condition is that -
(a) the prosecutor applies to the Crown Court to proceed under this section, and
(b) the court believes it is appropriate for it to do so.
(4) If this section applies the court must proceed under section 156 in the same way as it must proceed if the two conditions there mentioned are satisfied; but this is subject to subsection (5).
(5) If the court proceeds under section 156 as applied by this section, this Part has effect with these modifications -
(a) any person the court
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