'Rights during investigation - informed of belief that crime has been committed' in document 'Afghanistan - Interim Criminal Procedure Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 1
General Provisions

Article 5
Suspect and Accused

The police, the Saranwal and the Court are duty bound to clearly inform the suspect and the accused before interrogation and at the time of arrest about his or her right to remain silent, right to representation at all times by defense counsel, and right to be present during searches, line-ups, expert examinations and trial.

Chapter 5
Duties and Jurisdiction of Judicial Police

Article 31
Judicial Police's Interrogation

The judicial police, after having identified the person arrested on their own initiative, inform him of the reasons of the arrest and interrogate the same about the crime and its circumstances within a maximum of twenty-four hours.

Immediately after a report shall be sent to the Primary Saranwal and the person shall be put at his disposal.

Chapter 7
Notification of the Deeds and Representations During the Investigations

Article 40
Notification on the suspect

During the investigations the judicial police and the Saranwal shall give notifications of the deeds to the suspect to his defense counsel and the victim of the activities to be accomplished, to which they have the right to be present.

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:
(a) To be informed, prior to being questioned, that there are grounds to believe that he or she has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court