CHAPTER 91

PART IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS

57. Any person conducting a private prosecution may do so in person or may be represented by a legal practitioner instructed by him in that behalf.

CHAPTER 91

PART IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS

96. Subject to the provisions of section 171 of the Evidence Act and section 91 of this Code, in any criminal proceedings, every person charged with an offence and the husband or wife of the person charged, as the case may be, shall be a competent witness for the defence at any stage of the proceedings.

CHAPTER 91

PART VI
PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT

174. If an accused person who is not represented by counsel does not call any witnesses as to fact in his defence, he shall be entitled to address the court in his defence, whether or not he has himself given evidence, but counsel for the prosecution shall not be entitled to address the court a second time.

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:
(d) Subject to article 63, paragraph 2, to be present at the trial, to conduct the defence in person or through legal assistance of the accused's choosing, to be informed, if the accused does not have legal assistance, of this right and to have legal assistance assigned by the Court in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment if the accused lacks sufficient means to pay for it