C-72.01, r. 1 - Rules of the municipal courts

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42. Place of the defendant. The defendant shall remain in the assigned place or beside his or her attorney throughout the trial, except with leave of the judge. The defendant shall rise and remain standing during the reading of the information laid and the pronouncement of the judgment or the sentence, except with leave of the judge.
O.C. 950-2005, s. 42.