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III. Judicial Standards and Criminal Matters
 
  11. General Principles of Criminal Defense  
  Article 64-Representation and self representation  
64.1 Representation  
  A defendant has the right to be represented by competent counsel, knowledgeable of the laws of the Society.  
  A competent counsel is any man or woman demonstrating knowledge of appropriate criminal codes of law and court procedure having sworn to uphold and protect the integrity of the living law and obligations of Notarial procedure upon which the courts rely for fair remedy.  
  A counsel who is not competent or has not sworn an oath to uphold and protect the living law may not appear as counsel.  
64.2 Attorneys, Lawyers, Members of the Bar banished from all Courts and activities of Law  
  Any man or woman holding membership to any Bar Society, or subsequent equivalent including claimed qualification as a lawyer or any other para-legal position controlled by the standards of the Bar Society shall be banished from any and all courts and activities of Law.  
  As punishment on behalf of the Living Law and the wicked injury to the living law inflicted upon the living law by such associations and its members, such societies shall hold absolutely no standing in any court of the society, with any such members holding the lowest standing before the courts by virtue of their membership.  
  A great portion of the evils and injury to the rule of law of societies can be directly attributed to such wicked men and women, who while claiming to represent the law, have continued to ignore any and all sacred obligations to fair remedy, Notarial procedure and honor.  
64.3 Self representation  
  A defendant has the right to represent themselves in a matter, whether or not they are experienced at law.  
  While this is a right for all defendants, the procedure of court means a defendant representing themselves must first show competence in procedure before being permitted to undertake such self representation, which may or may not include a written and/or oral examination by the presiding judge and/or magistrate.  
  A defendant showing history or experience of law either by qualification, occupation or study may not be required to undertake such examination.  
  The purpose of the examination is to establish whether the defendant is capable of presenting a competent suit according to the procedure of the law in their defense. If it is found by the presiding judge/magistrate they the defendant is incapable of such proper procedure, the judge may move to deny the motion for self representation and instead may appoint a legal aid representative as their counsel.  
64.4 Failure to be granted self-resentation on basis of legal incompetence no grounds for an appeal or legal excuse  
  The failure of a defendant to be granted self-representation on the basis of legal incompetence is no grounds for an appeal or legal excuse, as it is within the rights of the Court to ensure that all matters brought before it follow competent legal procedure.  
  To the contrary in denying any natural justice of a defendant, the presentation of competent legal defence is a principle of law and of justice that has precedence over whether a defendant has the right to self representation.  
     
     
     
     
 
 

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