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* A crime suspect has the right after the initial interrogation or from the day on which compulsory measures are adopted against him, to hire a lawyer to offer him legal consultancy or to act on his behalf in making appeal or accusation (art.96 CPL 1996) Also art. 11, 32, 34, 36 CPL | * A crime suspect has the right after the initial interrogation or from the day on which compulsory measures are adopted against him, to hire a lawyer to offer him legal consultancy or to act on his behalf in making appeal or accusation (art.96 CPL 1996) Also art. 11, 32, 34, 36 CPL | ||
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+ | * Any person detained by the judicial police shall have the right to consult with his or her legal counsel. | ||
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+ | In case he or she fails to seek one, he or she shall inform the chairperson of the bar association for assigning a counsel to him or her, but he or she has the right to accept or refuse that counsel. (Article 39 Rwandan CPC) | ||
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