TITLE V
TRIAL-RELATED AND COMMON PROCEDURAL ACTS
CHAPTER I
JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION
Assistance of the accused person or defendant
Art.171 - When judicial assistance is obligatory, if the chosen defender does not appear, without reason, at two consecutive summons, according to the case, at the date established for an action of criminal investigation or at the date settled for trial, thus creating difficulties for the development and solution of the criminal trial, the judicial body appoints an ex officio defender to replace the chosen one, granting him/her the necessary time to prepare the defence, which may not be shorter than 3 days, except the solution of requests regarding preventive arrest, when the due time may not be shorter than 24 hours.
Rights during trial - adequate preparation of defence
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