Crimes Act 1914

Part IC - Investigation of Commonwealth offences  

Division 3 - Obligations of investigating officials  

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Note:

These obligations apply in relation to protected suspects as well as to people under arrest.

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Div 3 heading and note inserted by No 136 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 4 item 40, effective 29 October 2001.

SECTION 23N  

23N   Right to interpreter  

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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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S 23N amended by No 136 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 4 item 51B, by substituting ``who is under arrest or a protected suspect'' for ``under arrest for a Commonwealth offence'', effective 29 October 2001.

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