CHAPTER I. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
3. Protection of right to personal liberty
1. No person shall be deprived of his personal liberty save as may be authorised by law in
any of the following cases, that is to say :-
a. in execution of the sentence or order of a court, whether established for Grenada or some other country, in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted ;
b. in execution of the order of the High Court or the Court of Appeal punishing him for contempt of that court or of another court or tribunal ;
c. in execution of the order of a court made to secure the fulfilment of any obligation imposed on him by law ;
d. for the purpose of bringing him before a court in execution of the order of a court ;
e. upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or being about to commit, a criminal offence under the law of Grenada ;
f. under the order of a court or with the consent of his parent or guardian, for his education or welfare during any period ending not later than the date when he attains the age of eighteen years ;
g. for the purpose of preventing the spread of an infectious or contagious disease ;
h. in the case of a person who is, or is reasonably suspected to be, of unsound mind, addicted to drugs or alcohol, or a vagrant, for the purpose of his care or treatment or the protection of the community ;
i. for the purpose of preventing the unlawful entry of that person into Grenada, or for the purpose of effecting the expulsion, extradition or other lawful removal of that person from Grenada or for the purpose of restricting that person while he is being conveyed through Grenada in the course of his extradition or removal as a convicted prisoner from one country to another ; or
j. to such extent as may be necessary in the execution of a lawful order requiring that person to remain within a specified area within Grenada, or prohibiting him from being within such an area, or to such extent as may be reasonably justifiable for the taking of proceedings against that person with a view to the making of any such order or relating to such an order after it has been made, or to such extent as may be reasonably justifiable for restraining that person during any visit that he is permitted to make to any part of Grenada in which, in consequence of any such order, his presence would otherwise be unlawful.
CHAPTER I. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
3. Protection of right to personal liberty
2. Any person who is arrested or detained shall be informed as soon as reasonably practicable, in a language that he understands, of the reasons for his arrest or detention.
CHAPTER I. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
3. Protection of right to personal liberty
3. Any person who is arrested or detained
a. for the purpose of bringing him before a court in execution of the order of a court ; or
b. upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or being about to commit, a
criminal offence under the law of Grenada,
and who is not released, shall be brought without undue delay before a court.
CHAPTER I. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
3. Protection of right to personal liberty
5. If any person arrested or detained as mentioned in subsection (3) (b) of this section is not tried within a reasonable time, then, without prejudice to any further proceedings that may be brought against him, he shall be released either unconditionally or upon reasonable conditions, including in particular such conditions as are reasonably necessary to ensure that he appears at a later date for trial or for proceedings preliminary to trial.
CHAPTER I. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
8. Provisions to secure protection of law
1. If any person is charged with a criminal offence, then, unless the charge is withdrawn,
the case shall be afforded a fair hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and
impartial court established by law.
2. Every person who is charged with a criminal offence-
a. shall be presumed to be innocent until he is proved or has pleaded guilty;
b. shall be informed as soon as reasonably practicable, in a language that he understands and in detail, of the nature of the offence charged;
c. shall be given adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence;
d. shall be permitted to defend himself before the court in person or, at his own expense, by a legal representative of his own choice;
e. shall be afforded facilities to examine in person or by his legal representative the witnesses called by the prosecution before the court, and to obtain the attendance and carry out the examination of witnesses to testify on his behalf before the court on the same conditions as those applying to witnesses called by the prosecution; and
f. shall be permitted to have without payment the assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand the language used at the trial of the charge,
and except with his own consent the trial shall not take place in his absence unless he so
conducts himself as to render the continuance of the proceedings in his presence impracticable
and the court has ordered him to be removed and the trial to proceed in his absence:
Provided that, in such circumstances as may be prescribed by law, the trial may take place in the absence of the person charged so long as no punishment of death or imprisonment (other than imprisonment in default of payment of a fine) is awarded in the event of his conviction.
CHAPTER I. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
8. 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.
CHAPTER I. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
8. Provisions to secure protection of law
8. Any court or other authority prescribed by law for the determination of the existence or extent of any civil right or obligation shall be established by law and shall be independent and impartial ; and where proceedings for such a determination are instituted by any person before such a court or other authority, the case shall be given a fair hearing within a reasonable time.
''TITLE XI, 67A. Public to be excluded in sexual cases''
Notwithstanding section 10(iv), or any other law, a Judge or Magistrate shall, in any matter before him or her involving a sexual offence or indecent assault, order that no person other than the officers of the Court, the virtual complainant, other persons engaged in the prosecution, and the accused, his or her witnesses and his or her Counsel, if any, shall have access to or remain in the room or building in which the matter is being heard.
''BOOK II Procedure Relating to Summary Offences PART II Proceedings up to Hearing TITLE XII Institution of Proceedings, 70A. Public to be excluded from sexual cases''
Notwithstanding section 104(iv), or any other law, a Judge or Magistrate shall, in any matter before him or her involving a sexual offence or indecent assault, order that no person other than the officers of the Court, the virtual complaint, other persons engaged in the prosecution, and the accused, his or her witnesses and his or her Counsel, if any, shall have access to or remain in the room or building in which the matter is being heard.''
''BOOK III Procedure Relating to Indictable Offences, PART IV Preliminary Inquiry before a Magistrate, TITLE XV Proceedings up to Committal, 99. Person arrested upon warrant: how dealt with''
When any person is arrested upon a warrant he or she shall be brought before a Magistrate, as soon as may be practicable after his or her arrest, and the Magistrate shall either proceed with the preliminary inquiry or postpone it to a future time, in which latter case he or she shall either commit the accused to prison, or admit him or her to bail, or permit him or her to be at large on his or her own recognisance, according to the provisions hereinafter contained.
''BOOK III Procedure Relating to Indictable Offences, PART IV Preliminary Inquiry before a Magistrate, TITLE XV Proceedings up to Committal, 103. Reading of evidence to and charging of accused''
(1) After the examination of the witnesses on the part of the prosecution has been completed, and the depositions have been signed as aforesaid, the Magistrate shall, unless he or she discharges the accused, address him or her in these words, or to the like effect: “Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge? You are not bound to say anything, but whatever you do say will be taken down in writing, and may be given in evidence against you at your trial.”
(2) Whatever the accused then says in answer thereto shall be taken down in writing, as nearly as possible in the accused person’s own words, and shall be signed by him or her, if he or she will, and by the Magistrate, and kept with the depositions of the witnesses, and may, without further proof, be given in evidence at the trial.
''BOOK III Procedure Relating to Indictable Offences, PART IV Preliminary Inquiry before a Magistrate, TITLE XV Proceedings up to Committal, 105. Discharge of accused ''
(1) When all the witnesses on the part of the prosecutor and of the accused, if any, have been examined, the Magistrate shall, if upon the whole of the evidence he or she is of opinion that no sufficient case is made out to put the accused upon his or her trial, discharge him or her; and in such case any recognisance taken in respect of the charge shall become void.
''BOOK III Procedure Relating to Indictable Offences, PART V Trial in the Supreme Court, TITLE XVII
Mode of Trial, 131. Statement of certain inadmissible objections to court''
No count shall be deemed objectionable or insufficient on any of the following grounds, that is to say, that it—
(a)contains one name only of the accused;
(b)contains one name only or does not contain the name of the person injured; (c)does not state who is the owner of any property therein mentioned;
(d)charges an intent to defraud without naming or describing the person whom it was intended to defraud;
(e)does not set out any document which may be the subject of the charge;
(f)does not set out the words used where words used are the subject of the charge;
(g)does not specify the means by which the offence was committed;
(h)does not specify the parish in which the offence was committed; or
(i)does not name or describe with precision any person or thing:
Provided that the Court may, if it is satisfied that it is necessary for a fair trial, order that the Crown shall furnish particulars further describing the person, document, words, means or thing.
''BOOK III, Procedure Relating to Indictable Offences, PART IV, Preliminary Inquiry before a Magistrate,
TITLE XV, Proceedings up to Committal Proceedings on Appearance of Accused, 99. Person arrested upon warrant: how dealt with''
When any person is arrested upon a warrant he or she shall be brought before a Magistrate, as soon as may be practicable after his or her arrest, and the Magistrate shall either proceed with the preliminary inquiry or postpone it to a future time, in which latter case he or she shall either commit the accused to prison, or admit him or her to bail, or permit him or her to be at large on his or her own recognisance, according to the provisions hereinafter contained.
''BOOK III, Procedure Relating to Indictable Offences, PART IV, Preliminary Inquiry before a Magistrate,
TITLE XV, Proceedings up to Committal Proceedings on Appearance of Accused, 99. Person arrested upon warrant: how dealt with''
When any person is arrested upon a warrant he or she shall be brought before a Magistrate, as soon as may be practicable after his or her arrest, and the Magistrate shall either proceed with the preliminary inquiry or postpone it to a future time, in which latter case he or she shall either commit the accused to prison, or admit him or her to bail, or permit him or her to be at large on his or her own recognisance, according to the provisions hereinafter contained.
1. En las investigaciones realizadas de conformidad con el presente Estatuto:
(a) Nadie será obligado a declarar contra sí mismo ni a declararse culpable;
(b) Nadie será sometido a forma alguna de coacción, intimidación o amenaza, a torturas ni a otros tratos o castigos crueles, inhumanos o degradantes;
(c) Quien haya de ser interrogado en un idioma que no sea el que comprende y habla perfectamente contará, sin cargo alguno, con los servicios de un intérprete competente y las traducciones que sean necesarias a los efectos de cumplir el requisito de equidad; y
(d) Nadie será sometido a arresto o detención arbitrarios ni será privado de su libertad salvo por los motivos previstos en el presente Estatuto y de conformidad con los procedimientos establecidos en él.
2. Cuando haya motivos para creer que una persona ha cometido un crimen de la competencia de la Corte y esa persona haya de ser interrogada por el Fiscal o por las autoridades nacionales, en cumplimiento de una solicitud hecha de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la Parte IX, tendrá además los derechos siguientes, de los que será informada antes del interrogatorio:
(a) A ser informada de que existen motivos para creer que ha cometido un crimen de la competencia de la Corte;
(b) A guardar silencio, sin que ello pueda tenerse en cuenta a los efectos de determinar su culpabilidad o inocencia;
(c) A ser asistida por un abogado defensor de su elección o, si no lo tuviere, a que se le asigne un defensor de oficio, siempre que fuere necesario en interés de la justicia y, en cualquier caso, sin cargo si careciere de medios suficientes; y
(d) A ser interrogada en presencia de su abogado, a menos que haya renunciado voluntariamente a su derecho a asistencia letrada.
1. El acusado estará presente durante el juicio.
2. Si el acusado, estando presente en la Corte, perturbare continuamente el juicio, la Sala de Primera Instancia podrá disponer que salga de ella y observe el proceso y dé instrucciones a su defensor desde fuera, utilizando, en caso necesario, tecnologías de comunicación. Esas medidas se adoptarán únicamente en circunstancias excepcionales, después de que se haya demostrado que no hay otras posibilidades razonables y adecuadas, y únicamente durante el tiempo que sea estrictamente necesario.
1. Se presumirá que toda persona es inocente mientras no se pruebe su culpabilidad ante la Corte de conformidad con el derecho aplicable.
2. Incumbirá al Fiscal probar la culpabilidad del acusado.
3. Para dictar sentencia condenatoria, la Corte deberá estar convencida de la culpabilidad del acusado más allá de toda duda razonable.
1. En la determinación de cualquier cargo, el acusado tendrá derecho a ser oído públicamente, habida cuenta de las disposiciones del presente Estatuto, y a una audiencia justa e imparcial, así como a las siguientes garantías mínimas en pie de plena igualdad:
(a) A ser informado sin demora y en forma detallada, en un idioma que comprenda y hable perfectamente, de la naturaleza, la causa y el contenido de los cargos que se le imputan;
(b) A disponer del tiempo y de los medios adecuados para la preparación de su defensa y a comunicarse libre y confidencialmente con un defensor de su elección;
(c) A ser juzgado sin dilaciones indebidas;
(d) Con sujeción a lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63, el acusado tendrá derecho a hallarse presente en el proceso y a defenderse personalmente o ser asistido por un defensor de su elección; a ser informado, si no tuviera defensor, del derecho que le asiste a tenerlo y, siempre que el interés de la justicia lo exija, a que se le nombre defensor de oficio, gratuitamente si careciere de medios suficientes para pagarlo;
(e) A interrogar o hacer interrogar a los testigos de cargo y a obtener la comparecencia de los testigos de descargo y que éstos sean interrogados en las mismas condiciones que los testigos de cargo. El acusado tendrá derecho también a oponer excepciones y a presentar cualquier otra prueba admisible de conformidad con el presente Estatuto;
(f) A ser asistido gratuitamente por un intérprete competente y a obtener las traducciones necesarias para satisfacer los requisitos de equidad, si en las actuaciones ante la Corte o en los documentos presentados a la Corte se emplea un idioma que no comprende y no habla;
(g) A no ser obligado a declarar contra sí mismo ni a declararse culpable y a guardar silencio, sin que ello pueda tenerse en cuenta a los efectos de determinar su culpabilidad o inocencia;
(h) A declarar de palabra o por escrito en su defensa sin prestar juramento; y
(i) A que no se invierta la carga de la prueba ni le sea impuesta la carga de presentar contrapruebas.
2. Además de cualquier otra divulgación de información estipulada en el presente Estatuto, el Fiscal divulgará a la defensa, tan pronto como sea posible, las pruebas que obren en su poder o estén bajo su control y que, a su juicio, indiquen o tiendan a indicar la inocencia del acusado, o a atenuar su culpabilidad, o que puedan afectar a la credibilidad de las pruebas de cargo. En caso de duda acerca de la aplicación de este párrafo, la Corte decidirá.