COOK ISLANDS - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1980-81
PART I - PROCEDURE FOR PROSECUTION OF OFFENCES
53. Presence and appearance of defendant- (1) Every defendant shall be entitled to be present in Court during the whole of his trial, unless he misconducts himself by so interrupting the trial as to render its continuance in his presence impracticable.
(2) In any proceedings, the Court may permit the defendant to be out of the Court during the whole or any part of the proceedings on such terms as it thinks proper .
Trials in absentia
Rights during trial - present at trial
Disruption of trial - removal of the accused
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