Section 267: Conduct of cases by legal practitioner for complainant or for defendant

(1) The complainant and defendant shall be entitled to conduct their cases by a legal practitioner or in person except in a trial for a capital offence or an offence punishable with life imprisonment.
(2) Where the defendant is in custody or on remand he shall be allowed access to his legal practitioner at all reasonable times.
(3) Where the defendant elects to defend himself in person, the court shall inform him of his rights within the trial and the consequences of his election.
(4) The Court shall ensure that the defendant is represented by counsel in capital offences provided that a defendant who refuses to be represented by counsel shall, after being informed under section 349 (6) of this Act of the risks of defending himself in person, be deemed to have elected to defend himself in person and this shall not be a ground to void the trial.