CHAPTER 91
PART IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
115. (1) Every person accused of any criminal offence shall be entitled to be present in court during the whole of his trial unless he so conducts himself in the court as to render the continuance of the proceedings in his presence impossible. The court may, however, in its discretion and subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of section 106 of this Code, allow any part of any trial to take place in the absence of the accused with the consent of the accused, and may permit the accused to be absent in such case upon such terms as it thinks proper.
For the purposes of this section, the consent of the accused person to the conduct of the trial in his absence shall be deemed to have been given in a case in which he enters a written plea of guilty under the provisions of section 66 of this Code.
(2) Every person accused of any criminal offence, whether present in person or absent in accordance with the provisions of this section, may be defended before any court by a legal practitioner except in a case in which the provisions of section 66 of this Code apply and a written plea of guilty has been entered.
Fair trial standards
Rights during trial - legal assistance
Trials in absentia
Rights during trial - present at trial
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