Section 176: Translation where not necessary in civil cases

176. Translation where not necessary in civil cases Where in any proceedings before the Supreme Court on the civil side or the Master and Registrar or the Judge in Bankruptcy, a witness speaks in a language which is well known to both plaintiff and defendant as the case may be, the Judges, the law officers of the State, the Master and Registrar or the Judge in Bankruptcy and the Counsel engaged in the case, the examination of that witness may take place in that language and it shall not be C54 – 41 [Issue 1] Courts Act necessary to translate the deposition or answers in English, except where the depositions or answers are given in Creole, in which case they shall be taken down by the Master and Registrar or other officer of the Court. [S. 176 amended by Act 48 of 1991; Act 29 of 1992.]