Tuvalu

The Constitution of Tuvalu

PART II

BILL OF RIGHTS

DIVISION 3 - PROTECTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

Subdivision A - Protection Generally

22 Protection of law

(4) Except with his consent, the trial shall not take place in his absence unless —

(a) he behaves in such a way as to make it impracticable or unreasonable to continue the proceedings in his presence; and
(b) the court orders his removal and the continuance of the trial in his absence.

Keywords

Trials in absentia
Disruption of trial - removal of the accused



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