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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE 2009
Part one – GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter I - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Article 7
(2) A person arrested under suspicion of having committed a criminal offence shall be promptly informed of:
3) that he is entitled to legal assistance of a defence counsel of his own choice,
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