Romania

Criminal Procedure Code

TITLE III
EVIDENCE AND MEANS OF EVIDENCE

CHAPTER III
MEANS OF EVIDENCE

Section XI
The use of interpreters

Cases and procedurefor the use of interpreters
Art. 128 - When one of the parties or other person that is to be heard cannot understand or speak Romanian, and the criminal investigation body or the court cannot communicate with him/her, they provide an interpreter, free of charge. The interpreter may be appointed or chosen by the parties; in this case, it must be an authorized interpreter, according to the law.

The provisions of the previous paragraph are also enforced accordingly in case some of the writings in the case record or presented in court are in another language than Romanian.

The provisions of art. 83, 84 and 85 are enforced accordingly on the interpreter as well.

Keywords

Language
Fair trial standards
Rights during trial - interpretation and translation



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