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Section 95:

Constitution · PART V: HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

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95. Court’s duty—Where Counsel is absent on the day of trial without any explanation being offered and the Court has allowed some reasonable time to elapse to cover unforeseen mishaps, the trial may proceed. Counsel may, on good ground, move, before judgment, that the case be reopened but there is no duty on the Court to offer the accused a new trial or the opportunity to retain other Counsel. Codabux v R (1984).

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