Germany

Criminal Procedure Code (Strafprozeßordnung, StPO)

PART TWO
PROCEEDINGS AT FIRST INSTANCE

CHAPTER VI
MAIN HEARING

Section 230.
[Failure of the Defendant to Appear]

(1) No main hearing shall be held against a defendant who fails to appear.
(2) If there is no sufficient excuse for the defendant’s failure to appear, an order shall be made to bring him before the court, or a warrant of arrest shall be issued .

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Trials in absentia



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