Constitution of Belize
PART II – Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
5 (2) Any person who is arrested or detained shall be entitled
(a) to be informed promptly, and in any case no later than twenty-four hours after such arrest or detention, in a language he understands, of
the reasons for his arrest or detention;
(b) to communicate without delay and in private with a legal practitioner of his choice and, in the case of a minor, with his parents or guardian, and to have adequate opportunity to give instructions to a legal practitioner of his choice;
(c) to be informed immediately upon his arrest of his rights under paragraph (b) ofthis subsection; and
(d) to the remedy by way of habeas corpus for determining the validity of his detention .
(3) Any person who is arrested or detained
(a) for the purpose ofbringing him before a court in execution of the order of a court; or
(b) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, orbeing about to commit, a criminal offence under any law, and who is not released, shall be brought before a court without undue delay and in any case not later than forty-eight hours after such arrest or detention.
(4) Where any person is brought before a court in execution of the order of a court in any proceedings or upon suspicion of his having committed or being about to commit an offence, he shall not be thereafter further held in custody in connection with those proceedings or that offence save upon the order of a court.
If any person arrested or detained as mentioned in subsection (3) (b) of this section is not tried within a reasonable time, then without prejudice to any further proceedings that may be brought against him, he shall, unless he is released, be entitled to bail on reasonable conditions.
(6) Any person who is unlawfully arrested or detained by any other person shall be entitled to compensation therefor from that other person or from any other person or authority on whose behalf that other person was acting:
Provided that no person shall be liable for any act done in the performance of a judicial function for which he would not be liable apart from this subsection.
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