Chapter 2 Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens
Article 30
(4. ) Everyone shall be entitled to legal counsel from the moment of detention or from the moment of being charged.
Chapter 2 Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens
Article 56
Everyone shall have the right to legal defence whenever his rights or legitimate interests are violated or endangered. He shall have the right to be accompanied by legal counsel when appearing before an agency of the state.
Chapter 6 The Judiciary
Article 122
(1) Citizens and legal entities shall have the right to legal counsel at all stages of a trial.
(2) The procedure by which the right to legal counsel shall be practices shall be established by law
BULGARIA - PENAL PROCEDURE CODE
Part one. GENERAL RULES
Chapter seven. ACCUSED
Section I. General Provisions
Art. 55. (1) The accused shall have the following rights:
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to have a defender;
BULGARIA - PENAL PROCEDURE CODE
Part one. GENERAL RULES
Chapter seven. ACCUSED
Section I. General Provisions
Art. 55 (1)
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The accused shall have the right of participation of his/her defender in the performance of all of the actions of investigation and other procedural actions with his/her participation, except if he/she abandons explicitly this right.
BULGARIA - PENAL PROCEDURE CODE
Part one. GENERAL RULES
Chapter ten. LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Section I. Defender
Art. 93. (1) The defender shall be selected and empowered by the accused, except in the cases as provided in this code.
Part 1 General Rules
Chapter 10 Legal Assistance
Section 1 Defender
Article 94
(3) (amend. - SG 32/10, in force from 28.05.2010) Apart from the cases referred to in Para. 1, in lawsuits for severe crimes the prosecutor or the Court may appoint a back-up defender for the defendant person pursuant to the Law on the Legal Aid, whether or not a defender is appointment, if this is of exceptional importance for the conduct of the penal procedure within reasonable term.
(4) (new - SG 32/10, in force from 28.05.2010) In the cases of Para. 1 the appointed defender shall continue to participate in the penal proceedings as a backup defender, when the defendant person has appointed another defender or refuses a defender, if the conditions under Para. 4 are met.
(5) (new - SG 32/10, in force from 28.05.2010) The backup defender shall get acquainted with
the lawsuit, take the necessary extracts and attend the procedural acts involving the defendant person. The rest of the rights under Art. 99, Para. 1 may be exercised at the request or with the consent of the defendant person, and if there is no such consent – when the defence is obligatory and the appointed defender, effectively summoned, fails to appear due to inexcusable reasons.
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(d) Subject to article 63, paragraph 2, to be present at the trial, to conduct the defence in person or through legal assistance of the accused's choosing, to be informed, if the accused does not have legal assistance, of this right and to have legal assistance assigned by the Court in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment if the accused lacks sufficient means to pay for it;