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Schedule B - Constitution Act, 1982 (79)

PART I - Canadian charter of rights and freedoms

Legal Rights

11. Any person charged with an offence has the right

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c) not to be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against that person in respect of the offence;

Schedule B - Constitution Act, 1982 (79)

PART I - Canadian charter of rights and freedoms

Legal Rights

13. A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.

Schedule B - Constitution Act, 1982 (79)

PART I - Canadian charter of rights and freedoms

Legal Rights

14. A party or witness in any proceedings who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an interpreter.