Subsection 3: Exercising rights in connection with criminal proceedings

An appeal against a decision handed down by the criminal court may be lodged by the foreign national placed or kept in detention by means of a declaration to the person in charge of the place of detention. This declaration is recorded, dated and signed by the person in charge of the detention centre. It is also signed by the foreign national. If the foreign national is unable to sign,…

When a foreign national is sentenced at first instance to a deportation order as a principal penalty with provisional enforcement and the deportation takes place before the date of the appeal hearing, his or her lawyer will be heard at this appeal hearing if he or she so requests. The same applies to the court-appointed lawyer when the foreign national has requested the benefit of counsel in his appeal petition.