Acts and Regulations

P-22.1 - Provincial Offences Procedure Act

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Use of interpreter
127(1)Where a defendant is brought before a judge under section 118 or 125, the judge may, notwithstanding section 20, with the consent of the defendant, use an interpreter to take the defendant’s plea and to proceed under section 128.
127(2)Where the defendant does not consent to the use of an interpreter under subsection (1), the judge shall order the defendant detained in custody and adjourn the proceeding in accordance with section 20 to a working day not later than the third working day after the date of the adjournment.
1990, c.18, s.70