Section 53:
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
53. Interpreter to be sworn
(1) Where an interpreter is employed for the purpose of translating a
deposition or a statement made by the accused, such interpreter shall previously be sworn or solemnly affirmed faithfully to translate, unless he is a
clerk or official interpreter attached to the Court.
(2) Where a deposition or a statement has been translated, and the translation taken in writing, such deposition or statement before being signed as
above required shall be again interpreted to the witness or the accused in the
language in which such witness or accused has spoken.
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- If I need an interpreter to understand the proceedings, must the interpreter be sworn to translate faithfully?