PART 2. SPECIFIC RULES
TITLE 1. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
144. Provisions to secure protection of law
7. No person who is tried for a criminal offence shall be compelled to give evidence at the trial.
PART III PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT
TITLE 11 – TRIAL
PLEA
143. (2) If the accused person wilfully refuses to plead or will not answer directly, the Court may, if it thinks fit, order the Registrar to enter a plea of not guilty, and the plea so entered shall have the same force and effect as if the accused person had actually so pleaded.
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:
(g) Not to be compelled to testify or to confess guilt and to remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence;