Criminal Procedure Act, 2004

State:Namibia
Date: Dec. 24, 2004
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
Assistance of States in the attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of documents
Assurance that the witness will not be prosecuted, detained or subjected to restriction of personal freedom
Consent to surrender
Contents of request
Contents of request for arrest and surrender
Contents of request for arrest and surrender - national law requirements
Cooperation under procedures of national law
Disruption of trial - removal of the accused
Enforcement of fines
Enforcement of national penalties - conditions of imprisonment
Enforcement of national penalties - fines
Enforcement of national penalties - imprisonment
Enforcement of sentence of imprisonment
Enforcement of sentences imposed
Fair trial standards
Joint sentence following multiple convictions - national proceedings
Language
National judicial procedures protecting witnesses from identification – witness protection
National penalties - life imprisonment
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National procedures for execution of requests for other forms of cooperation
National procedures for inclusion in programme – witness protection
National procedures re enforcement of sentences imposed
National proceedings on admission of guilt
Ne bis in idem
Notification of circumstances that could materially affect terms or extent of imprisonment
Offences against administration of justice
Other forms of cooperation
Preservation of evidence - national proceedings
Procedure for witness testimony - national proceedings
Protection of national security
Protection of safety of physical or psychological well-being of victims, witnesses and families
Provisional arrest
Provisional arrest - consent to surrender
Provisional arrest for national proceedings
Questioning of persons - national proceedings
Recidivism of criminal offences
Request for arrest and surrender
Request for other forms of cooperation
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 - questioned in presence of counsel
Rights during investigation - remain silent
Rights during investigation - self incrimination
Rights during trial - adequate preparation of defence
Rights during trial - counsel of accused's choosing
Rights during trial - disclosure of evidence to defence
Rights during trial - examine witnesses
Rights during trial - interpretation and translation
Rights during trial - legal assistance
Rights during trial - present at trial
Rights during trial - remain silent
Rights during trial - tried without undue delay
Rights during trial - unsworn oral or written statement in defence
Sanctions for misconduct before the court - national proceedings
Search and seizure - national proceedings
Sentencing - national procedures for national proceedings
Sentencing - national proceedings
Surrender
Taking of evidence - national proceedings
Temporary transfer of persons in custody for purposes of identification or for obtaining testimony or other forms of assistance - national proceedings
Trials in absentia
Victims' rights - national proceedings
Witness protection - national proceedings
Witnesses' rights - national proceedings