Chapter 91 - Criminal Procedure Code

State:Bahamas
Date: Dec. 31, 1968
Language:English
Status:Enacted
Version:PDF

Relevant Keywords

Admissibility of evidence - national proceedings
Appeal against decision of acquittal or conviction or against sentence - national proceedings
Arrest
Fair trial standards
Joint sentence following multiple convictions - national proceedings
Language
National proceedings on admission of guilt
Ne bis in idem
Nullum crimen sine lege
Pardon
Procedure for witness testimony - national proceedings
Provisional arrest
Provisional arrest for national proceedings
Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty
Rights during investigation - informed of belief that crime has been committed
Rights during investigation - legal assistance
Rights during investigation - self incrimination
Rights during trial - conduct defence in person
Rights during trial - disclosure of evidence to defence
Rights during trial - examine witnesses
Rights during trial - informed promptly and in detail of charges
Rights during trial - interpretation and translation
Rights during trial - legal assistance
Rights during trial - present at trial
Rights during trial - raise defences
Rights during trial - remain silent
Rights during trial - unsworn oral or written statement in defence
Search and seizure - national proceedings
Trials in absentia