'Rights during investigation - legal assistance' in document 'Slovakia - Crim Proc Code - Leg Rel Abroad'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER TWO
EXTRADITION

Division Two

Section 502
Preliminary investigation

(3) During the extradition proceedings the person whose extradition is sought shall be represented by a defence counsel.

CHAPTER TWO
EXTRADITION

Division Two

Section 502
Preliminary investigation

(5) If the person whose extradition is sought was placed in provisional arrest or in custody pending extradition, his contacts with his defence counsel and attorney, the correspondence in custody and visits in custody shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the regulations relating to the enforcement of custody.

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