Montenegro

Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Montenegro

Part One
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter I
BASIC RULES

Right to Use One’s Own Language in Criminal Proceedings

Article 8
(1) The criminal proceedings shall be conducted in the Montenegrin language.

(2) Parties, witnesses and other persons participating in the proceedings shall have the right to use their own language or the language they understand in the proceedings. If proceedings are not conducted in a language those persons understand, interpretation of statements and translation of documents and other written evidence shall be provided.

(3) Persons referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be instructed of their right to interpretation, and they may waive that right if they understand the language in which the proceedings are being conducted. A note shall be made in the record that the participants of the proceedings have been so instructed, and their statement thereto shall also be recorded.

(4) Interpretation shall be entrusted to an interpreter.

Keywords

Language
Fair trial standards
Rights during trial - interpretation and translation



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