2010 ED] CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES [CAP 167   19.(1) Every person charged with an offence has the right, Right to a fair  unless the charge is withdrawn, to a fair hearing within a and public  reasonable time by an independent and impartial court hearing established by law. (2) Every person who is charged with an offence− (a) is innocent until the person is proved or has pleaded guilty; (b) shall be informed at the time the person is charged or as soon as is reasonably practicable, in, as far as is practicable, a language that the person understands and in detail, of the nature of the offence; (c) shall be given adequate time and facilities to prepare a defence to the charge; (d) has a right to be defended before the court in person, or, at the person’s own expense by a legal practitioner of the person’s own choice or, where a law so provides, by a legal practitioner provided at public expense; (e) has a right to examine, in person or by a legal practitioner, the witnesses called by the prosecution before any court, and to obtain the attendance and carry out the examination of witnesses to testify on the person’s behalf before the court on the same conditions as those applying to witnesses called by the prosecution; (f) shall, as far as is practicable, have without payment the assistance of an interpreter if the person cannot understand the language used at the trial of the charge; (g) shall not be compelled to testify at the trial or confess guilt; (h) shall not have any adverse inference drawn from the exercise of the right to silence either during the course of the investigation or at the trial; and                                                                     21