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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 335 Interpreter

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 335

Interpreter

If—

        (a)     a person is charged with an offence punishable by imprisonment; and

        (b)     the court is satisfied that the person does not have a knowledge of the English language that is sufficient to enable the person to understand, or participate in, the proceeding—

the court must not hear and determine the proceeding without a competent interpreter interpreting it.