that person impracticable and the court makes an order for the person to be
removed and the trial to proceed in the absence of that person.
(6) A person tried for any criminal offence, or any person authorised
by him or her, shall, after the judgment in respect of that offence, be entitled
to a copy of the proceedings upon payment of a fee prescribed by law.
(7) No person shall be charged with or convicted of a criminal
offence which is founded on an act or omission that did not at the time it took
place constitute a criminal offence.
(8) No penalty shall be imposed for a criminal offence that is severer
in degree or description than the maximum penalty that could have been
imposed for that offence at the time when it was committed.
(9) A person who shows that he or she has been tried by a competent
court for a criminal offence and convicted or acquitted of that offence shall
not again be tried for the offence or for any other criminal offence of which
he or she could have been convicted at the trial for that offence, except upon
the order of a superior court in the course of appeal or review proceedings
relating to the conviction or acquittal.
(10) No person shall be tried for a criminal offence if the person shows
that he or she has been pardoned in respect of that offence.
(11) Where a person is being tried for a criminal offence, neither that
person nor the spouse of that person shall be compelled to give evidence
against that person.
(12) Except for contempt of court, no person shall be convicted of a
criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it prescribed
by law.
29.
Protection of freedom of conscience, expression, movement,
religion, assembly and association.
(1)
(a)
(b)
Every person shall have the right to—
freedom of speech and expression which shall include freedom of
the press and other media;
freedom of thought, conscience and belief which shall include
academic freedom in institutions of learning;