'Rights during trial - free communication with counsel' in document 'Malawi - Criminal procedure code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART VI
EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

226. Confidential communications with legal practitioner

No person shall be compelled to disclose to the court or to the jury any confidential communication, which hastaken place between him and any legal practitioner advising or representing him unless he has offered himself as a witness or its giving evidence upon being required to do so under section 256 (1) or section 314 in which case he may be compelled to disclose any such communication as may appear to the court necessary to be known in order to explain any evidence which he has given and no other.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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:
(b) To have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of the defence and to communicate freely with counsel of the accused's choosing in confidence