(1) On the date fid for judgment, the presiding Judge shall cause the parties to appear and, he
or any other member of the bench shall deliver the judgment in open court.
After the deliberations and after the judgment has been written and signed, the judgment
delivered shall be valid even if one of the members who heard the case is unavoidably absent.
(2) In case of a conviction, the Presiding Judge shall inform the convict of his right to appeal to
the Supreme Court and of the time-limit for appeal; this fact shall be stated in the judgment.
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