General Part

FIRST SECTION
Main Provisions

Chapter II
Purposes and basic principles of criminal proceedings

Article 19. Guarantee of the right to legal aid and the right to conduct one’s defence

19.4. The prosecuting authority shall secure the following rights of the suspect or accused :

19.4.1. to have the assistance of the counsel for the defence from the moment of detention or arrest, as the suspect before the first interrogation or as the accused as soon as charges have been laid ;

General Part

SECOND SECTION
THE COURTS AND THE PARTIES TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Chapter IX
THE DEFENCE

Article 90. The suspect

90.7. From the outset of detention or the decision on the choice of restrictive measure, the suspect shall exercise the following rights in accordance with this Code :

90.7.7. to choose his defence counsel independently, to dismiss him and to conduct his own defence if he waives the right to defence counsel ;

General Part

SECOND SECTION
THE COURTS AND THE PARTIES TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Chapter IX
THE DEFENCE

Article 90. The suspect

90.8. If the suspect independently conducts his own defence, he shall exercise all the rights of defence counsel as provided for in this Code, as far as is possible in his position.

General Part

SECOND SECTION
THE COURTS AND THE PARTIES TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Chapter IX
THE DEFENCE

Article 91. The accused

91.5. The accused shall exercise the following rights in accordance with this Code :

91.5.4. to have defence counsel from the time of the arrest or the announcement of the charge ;

Article 67
Rights of the accused
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(d) Subject to article 63, paragraph 2, to be present at the trial, to conduct the defence in person or through legal assistance of the accused's choosing, to be informed, if the accused does not have legal assistance, of this right and to have legal assistance assigned by the Court in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment if the accused lacks sufficient means to pay for it