Germany

Criminal Procedure Code (Strafprozeßordnung, StPO)

PART TWO
PROCEEDINGS AT FIRST INSTANCE

CHAPTER VIII
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ABSENT ACCUSED

Section 286
[Defence Counsel]

Defence counsel may represent the defendant. Relatives of the defendant shall also be permitted to act as representatives, even without a power of attorney .

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Trials in absentia



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