COOK ISLANDS - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1980-81
PART I - PROCEDURE FOR PROSECUTION OF OFFENCES
56. Trial of defendant in his absence- Where at the trial of any charge for an offence punishable by fine only the defendant has been duly summoned to appear before the Court but fails to appear in accordance with the summons, the Court may try him and sentence him for that offence in his absence.
Fair trial standards
Trials in absentia
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