Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 395 - Law officer or legal practitioner for State and defence in capital cases

Where a defendant is accused of a capital offence or offence punishable by life imprisonment, the State shall be represented by a law officer, or a legal practitioner, and where the defendant is not defended by a legal practitioner, the court shall assign a legal practitioner for his defence.

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