Constitution - Governo de Timor-Leste

2. An application for habeas corpus shall be made by the detainee or by any otherperson in the exercise of his or her civil rights, in accordance with the law.3. The court shall rule on the application for habeas corpus within 8 days at a hearing inthe presence of both parties.Section 34(Guarantees in criminal proceedings)1. Anyone charged with an offence is presumed innocent until convicted.2. An accused person has the right to select, and be assisted by, a lawyer at all stages ofthe proceedings and the law shall determine the circumstances for which the presenceof the lawyer is mandatory.3. Every individual is guaranteed the inviolable right of hearing and defence in criminalproceedings.4. Evidence is of no effect if obtained by torture, coercion, infringement of the physicalor moral integrity of the individual, or wrongful interference with private life, thehome, correspondence or other forms of communication.Section 35(Extradition and expulsion)1. Extradition shall only take place following a court decision.2. Extradition on political grounds is prohibited.3. Extradition in respect of offences punishable, under the law of the requesting State,by death penalty or life imprisonment or whenever there are grounds to assume thatthe person to be extradited may be subjected to torture and inhuman, degrading andcruel treatment, shall not be permitted.4. An East Timorese national shall not be expelled or expatriated from the nationalterritory.Section 36(Right to honour and privacy)Every individual has the right to honour, good name and reputation, protection of his orher public image and privacy of his or her personal and family life.Section 37(Inviolability of home and correspondence)