CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Right to personal liberty
SECTION 9

(3) If a person is detained pursuant to a measure authorised under a state of emergency—
(a) the person must, as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any event within 7 days after the start of the detention, be given a statement in writing, in a language that the person understands, specifying the grounds of the detention;

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Rights of arrested and detained persons
SECTION 13

(1) Every person who is arrested or detained has the right—
(a) to be informed promptly, in a language that he or she understands, of—
(ii) the right to remain silent; and
(iii) the consequences of not remaining silent;

CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Rights of arrested and detained persons
SECTION 13

(2) Whenever this section requires information to be given to a person, that information must be given simply and clearly in a language that the person understands.

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Rights of accused persons
SECTION 14

(2) Every person charged with an offence has the right—
(b) to be informed in legible writing, in a language that he or she understands, of the nature of and reasons for the charge;

CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Rights of accused persons
SECTION 14

(2) Every person charged with an offence has the right—
(i) to be tried in a language that the person understands or, if that is not practicable, to have the proceedings interpreted in such a language at State expense;

CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Rights of accused persons
SECTION 14

(3) Whenever this section requires information to be given to a person, that information must be given as simply and clearly as practicable, in a language that the person understands.

CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Access to courts and tribunals
SECTION 15

(6) Every person charged with an offence, every party to civil proceedings, and every witness in criminal or civil proceedings has the right to give evidence and to be questioned in a language that he or she understands.

(7) Every person charged with an offence and every party to civil proceedings has the right to follow the proceedings in a language that he or she understands.

(8) To give effect to the rights referred to in subsections (6) and (7), the court or tribunal concerned must, when the interests of justice so require, provide, without cost to the person concerned, the services of an interpreter or of a person competent in sign language.