Albania

Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Albania

FIRST PART

TITLE III- DOCUMENTS, NOTICES AND TIME LIMITS

CHAPTER I- DOCUMENTS (ACTS)

SECTION IV- TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENTS

Article 123- Assigning an interpreter

1. A defendant who does not know Albanian language has the right to be assisted by an interpreter free of charge in order to understand the charge and to follow the actions he participates in. He is bound to make a written statement through the interpreter that he does not know Albanian language.

2. The proceeding authority also assigns an interpreter when a written document must be translated into a foreign language.

3. The interpreter is also assigned when the court, prosecutor or judicial police officer, knows the language which must be translated .

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Rights during trial - interpretation and translation



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