Section 133: Effect of plea of “not guilty”.

(1) ) Every person by pleading generally the plea of "not guilty" shall, without further form, be deemed to haveput himself upon his trial, and in any plea of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit it shall be sufficient for any person to state that he has been lawfully convicted or acquitted (acquitted as the case may be) of the said offence charged in the indictment. (2) (2) After a plea of not guilty it shall not be open to an accused person except with the leave of the Court to object that he is not properly upon his trial by reason of some defect, omission or irregularity relating to the depositions or committal or any other matter arising out of the preliminary investigation. If prisoner refuses or is unable to plead, how dealt with.