23N
In forceRight to interpreter
Volume 2Parts IAB to IC (sections 15G to 23W)
Part ICInvestigation of Commonwealth offences
Division 3Obligations of investigating officials
23N Right to interpreter
Where an investigating official believes on reasonable grounds that a person who is under arrest or a protected suspect is unable, because of inadequate knowledge of the English language or a physical disability, to communicate orally with reasonable fluency in that language, the official must, before starting to question the person, arrange for the presence of an interpreter and defer the questioning or investigation until the interpreter is present.
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