Part Three. Court Proceedings
Section IX. Proceedings in a Court of the First Instance
Chapter 35. General Conditions for the Judicial Proceedings
Article 247. Participation of the Defendant
1. Judicial proceedings on a criminal case shall be conducted with an obligatory participation of the defendant, with the exception of the case, stipulated by the fourth part of this Article.
2. If the defendant does not appear, the examination of the criminal case shall be put off.
3. The court shall have the right to subject the defendant, who has not come without any serious reasons, to a forcible bringing, and to apply towards him or change for him a measure of restriction.
4. Judicial proceedings in the absence of the defendant may be permitted, if the defendant files a petition on a crime of a minor or a medium gravity for an examination of the given criminal case in his absence .
Fair trial standards
Rights during trial - remain silent
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