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II. Judicial Standards and Principles
  
  2.4 General Principles of the Court  
  Article 26-General Principles of the Court  
26.1 General Principles of the Court  
  The general principles of the court are the essential principles by which all court matters shall be handled and dealt with before the court in relation to civil and criminal matters.  
26.2 Presumption of innocence  
  All men, women and persons are presumed to be innocent and no man, woman or person may be convicted of an offense unless each of the primary facts of the offense are proved beyond a reasonable doubt.  
  The fact that he or she has been arrested, confined, or indicted for, or otherwise charged with an offense gives rise to no inference of guilt at his or her trial.  
26.3 Official Language  
  The official language is the language both spoken and written in all Courts and all court documents as well as the translation and presentation of all evidence.  
  The official language spoken and written in all Courts of the Society shall be the same as the official language of the Society.
 
  Charges (prosecution acts, prosecution proposals, and private suitor charges), appeals, petitions and other motions and requests are directed to the court in the official language.
  
  Everyone who does not speak or understand the Official language and its alphabet should direct their appeals, petitions, requests to the court in his or her language and alphabet.
  
  An arrested foreign citizen has the right to direct his appeals and petitions in his native language to the court, and in other suits- under the condition of reciprocity.
  
  Court summons, decisions and Great Sovereign Writs of Justice are directed by the court in the official language.
  
  To the members of the Society, the court summons and decisions which will be delivered to him or her will be written in the official language.
 
  To the non-member of the Society, the court summons and decisions will be delivered in any language which he or she makes their appeal or petition to be used in the procedure as their natural language.
 
     
     
 
 

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