Part Two
COURSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Chapter XVIII
TRIAL AND JUDGMENT
1. Trial
b) Holding the Trial
v. Preconditions for Holding a Trial
In Absentia Trial
Article 381
A defendant may be tried in absentia only if there exist particularly justified reasons to try him although he is absent, provided he is at large or not accessible to the public authorities.
A ruling on an in absentia trial is issued by the panel on a motion of the prosecutor.
An appeal does not stay the execution of the ruling referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.
Fair trial standards
Trials in absentia
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