'Rights during investigation - legal assistance' in document 'Marshall Islands - Criminal Procedure Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II- PROCESS ; WARRANTS AND ARREST

§120. Rights of Persons Arrested.

(1) In any case of arrest it shall be unlawful :

(c) to deny to the person so arrested the right to see at reasonable intervals, and for a reasonable time at the place of detention, counsel, or members of family, or employer, or a representative of employer ;

PART II- PROCESS ; WARRANTS AND ARREST

§120. Rights of Persons Arrested.

(2) In addition, any person arrested shall be advised as follows :

(b) that the person has the right to legal assistance of that person’s choice and that if the persons lacks funds to procure such assistance, to receive it free of charge if the interests of justice so require ;

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
2. Where there are grounds to believe that a person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court and that person is about to be questioned either by the Prosecutor, or by national authorities pursuant to a request made under Part 9, that person shall also have the following rights of which he or she shall be informed prior to being questioned:
(c) To have legal assistance of the person's choosing, or, if the person does not have legal assistance, to have legal assistance assigned to him or her, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by the person in any such case if the person does not have sufficient means to pay for it