Section 130: Law practitioner may be appointed by the accused for his or her defense

1) Any person accused of any offence may appoint a law practitioner of his or her choice for his or her defense, rebutting the charge made against him or her, and pleading the case.

2) If an accused who is charged with the offence punishable by a sentence of imprisonment for life or for a term of ten years or more fails to appoint his or her law practitioner, the court may, in the case of such accused, order that the law practitioner appointed by the court defend him or her.

3) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Section, even if any accused does not intend to appoint a law practitioner pursuant to sub-section (1) or refuses to have defended by the law practitioner appointed by the court pursuant to sub-section (2), nothing shall be deemed to prevent proceeding the case.