Afghanistan

Interim Criminal Procedure Code for Courts

Chapter 6
Investigation Performed by the Saranwal

Article 38
Defense Counsel Presence

In the investigation phase the Saranwal and the judicial police shall notify the suspect and his defense counsel of searches, confrontations, line-up procedures and expert examinations in order to allow them to be present. This duty can be waived only when there is an urgent need to conduct the said operations, which is defined as when it is a flagrante delicto crime or there is a fear of the loss of evidential facts.

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Rights during trial - adequate preparation of defence



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