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(2) The defendant shall also be entitled to address the court after his defence counsel, tostate whether he supports the defence presented by his defence counsel, and tosupplement it.(3) The prosecutor and the aggrieved are entitled to make a response to the defence,and the defence counsel or defendant are entitled to comment on those responses.(4) The defendant shall always be entitled to speak last.Article 347(1) The duration of the statements of parties, defence counsel and aggrieved may not berestricted.(2) Persons who address the court in an offensive or insulting manner or who arerepetitive and make statements obviously not connected to the case shall first becautioned by the president of the chamber and may then be interrupted. It shall bestated in the trial record that an address to the court was interrupted and why it wasinterrupted.(3) Where there are several persons representing the prosecution, or several defencecounsel, arguments may not be repeated. A representative of the prosecution and arepresentative of the defence shall by mutual agreement select the issues they willaddress.(4) After the closing arguments are completed, the president of the chamber is requiredto ask whether anyone wishes to make a further statement.Article 348(1) If following the closing statements of the parties, defence counsel and aggrieved thechamber does not decide to adduce more evidence, the president of the chamber shalldeclare the trial closed.(2) If the chamber decides to adduce more evidence it shall continue the evidentiaryprocedure and after its conclusion again act in accordance with the provisions of Article343 of this Code. The prosecutor, the aggrieved, defence counsel and the defendantmay supplement their closing arguments only in respect of the additional evidenceadduced.(3) After declaring that the trial is closed, the chamber shall retire for deliberation andvoting in order to render the judgement.10. Dismissing the indictmentArticle 349During the trial or after its closure, the chamber shall dismiss the indictment by a ruling ifit determines the following: