GENERAL PART
Section Three: PARTIES AND OTHER PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 8. DEFENDANT PARTY
Article 72. Refusal from Defense Attorney
1. The refusal from defense attorney means, that the suspect or accused have an intention to conduct their defense, without any legal assistance from the defense attorney. The declaration of the suspect or accused from the defense attorney is reflected in the protocol.
2. The refusal from defense attorney is accepted by the body, conducting the criminal trial, only, if the the suspect or the accused declared that of their own accord, voluntarily or in the presence of a defense attorney, who might be appointed as a defense attorney has already been appointed. The refusal from defense attorney is not accepted, caused by the absence of the means for the payment for legal assistance. The body, conducting the criminal trial, is entitled not to accept the refusal from the defense attorney, and to appoint a defense attorney or to keep the appointed one, in the cases, prescribed by Points 2-5 and 8 Part 1 of the article 69 of this Code.
3. The suspect and the accused are considered as representing themselves, from the moment of the refusal from defense attorney, which does to deprive from his/her rights the defense attorney, appointed later or not dismissed from the participation in the proceedings of the criminal case by the body, conducting the criminal trial.
4. The suspect and the accused, refusing from the defense attorney, are entitled to change their position on this issue after the acceptance of such refusal at any moment of the proceedings of the criminal case. In this case the participation of a new defense attorney is not a basis for the resumption of the criminal case.
Fair trial standards
Rights during trial - conduct defence in person
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