CHAPTER THREE
Procedure

PART VI
INDICTABLE TRIALS

SUB-PART A
THE TRIAL

Reply for the Prosecution

Defence by counsel and caution to undefended accused
916. (2) Where an accused person is not defended by counsel, then, on the completion of the examination of the witnesses on the part of the prosecution, the Judge shall inform him or her, or cause him or her to be informed, of his or her right to address the jury and to give evidence on his or her own behalf or to remain silent, and also of his or her right to call witnesses in his or her defence.


Opening of case and examining witnesses for defence
917. At every trial for an indictable offence, the accused or his or her counsel shall be entitled to open his or her case, and after the conclusion of such opening, the accused or his or her counsel shall be entitled to examine such witnesses as he or she thinks fit, and when all the evidence is concluded, to sum up the evidence by way of an address to the jury.

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