Serbia

Criminal Procedure Code

Part One
GENERAL PART

Chapter I
BASIC PROVISIONS

The Defendant’s Presence in Court

Article 13

A defendant accessible to the court may be tried only in his presence, except where in absentia trials are exceptionally allowed under this Code.

A criminal sanction may not be pronounced to a defendant who is accessible to the court if that defendant has not been allowed to be heard and to defend himself.

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Trials in absentia
Rights during trial - present at trial
Rights during trial - raise defences



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