CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

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

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.

Article 67
Rights of the accused
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(f) To have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness, if any of the proceedings of or documents presented to the Court are not in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks