'Rights during investigation - legal assistance' in document 'Saint Lucia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER THREE
Procedure

PART I
ARREST AND BAIL

Detention and Bringing up of Person Arrested Bringing person arrested before Court
584. (2) (d) of their right to have legal assistance of their choosing or to have legal assistance assigned to them if the arrest is for an offence under section 86 or 87.

CHAPTER THREE
Procedure

PART I
ARREST AND BAIL

Interview with Legal Practitioner Intimation to and interview with legal practitioner
589. A person who is arrested, shall, immediately upon arrest be entitled, if he or she desires, to have intimation sent to any legal practitioner, and to have a private interview, subject to any necessary surveillance, with the legal practitioner prior to being brought before the Court.


Savings as to arrest or detention under other laws
590. Nothing shall take away or diminish any authority under any enactment for the time being in force to arrest, detain, or put any restraint on the person.

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:
(c) To have legal assistance of the person's choosing, or, if the person does not have legal assistance, to have legal assistance assigned to him or her, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by the person in any such case if the person does not have sufficient means to pay for it