Spans in 'Sierra Leone - Constitution' tagged with 'Rights during investigation - access to interpreter and translation if questioned in other language'

'Rights during investigation - access to interpreter and translation if questioned in other language' in document 'Sierra Leone - Constitution'

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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER III – THE RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND
FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL

23. (5) Every person who is charged with a criminal offence —

e. shall be permitted to have without payment the assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand the language used at the trial of the charge :

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(c) Shall, if questioned in a language other than a language the person fully understands and speaks, have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness