PART VIII
COURT ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
ORAL ARGUMENT AND THE LAST WORD OF THE DEFENDANT
Article 279. Content and Procedure of Oral Argument
279.1. After completion of a court litigation, a court shall hear oral arguments.
279.2. Oral arguments of judicial session shall consist of speeches of the prosecutor, defense counsel or of the defendant if a defense counsel has not participated in the judicial session, as well as of the victim, civil plaintiff, civil defendant and their representatives.
279.3. Persons participating in oral argument shall make speeches in sequence set forth in Article
279.2. of this Law.
279.4. Participants in oral argument of the judicial session shall not have the right to refer to evidence which has not been the subject of consideration in the judicial investigation.
279.5. The court may not limit the duration of oral argument to a certain period of time, but the chair of the judicial session shall have the right to stop a participant if circumstances not related to the case are discussed.
279.6. After the participants in oral argument of the judicial session have finished their speeches, they may each comment once more with regard to what was said in the speeches and the right of last comment shall always belong to the defendant and his/her defense counsel.
Article 280. Last Word of Person Brought to Trial
280.1. After completion of oral argument of the judicial session, the chair of the session shall grant the defendant the last word and questions to the defendant during his/her last word shall not be permitted.
280.2. The court may not limit the duration of the last word of the defendant to a certain period of time.
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