Attorney-at-Law

(1) Subject to these Rules the following persons shall be allowed to appear as Attorneys-at-Law at a court-martial– (a) every person who is qualified as an Attorney- at-law according to the law of Belize; and (b) with the consent of the convening officer, any person who is recognized by him as having in any Commonwealth country or territory outside Belize rights and duties similar to those of an Attorney-at-law in Belize and being subject to punishment or disability for a breach of professional rules. (2) Any right granted by these Rules to the accused at a court martial to call or examine witnesses or to address the court, any right of the accused to object to the admissibility of evidence at a court martial and any right granted to the accused by rules 18, 20, 24, 29 - 33, 40, 50, 71(2), 83, 85(2) and 91 may be exercised by his defending officer or his Attorney-at-law on his behalf, and any reference in these Rules to any address, request, 71 application, claim, submission, objection or plea to the jurisdiction or in bar of trial made, taken or offered at a court- martial by the accused shall be construed as including any address, request, application, claim, submission, objection or plea to the jurisdiction or in bar of trial made, taken or offered at a court-martial by his defending officer or Attorney-at-law on his behalf. (3) If the accused is to be defended at his court-martial by an Attorney-at-Law not nominated by the convening officer the accused shall give the convening officer notice of this fact not less than twenty-four hours before his trial.