Translation of an information or notice of prosecution
19(1)When the official language in which the proceedings are to be conducted is not the official language in which the information has been sworn or the notice of prosecution or violation ticket completed, the judge shall inform the defendant that if the defendant so chooses a translation of the information, notice of prosecution or violation ticket by an Official Translator under the
Official Languages Act will be provided.
19(2)Where the defendant indicates to the judge that a translation of the information, the notice of prosecution or the violation ticket by an Official Translator will be required, the judge shall adjourn the proceedings to allow the translation to be obtained.
19(3)Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent a translation other than a translation prepared by an Official Translator from being used in proceedings under this Act.
1990, c.18, s.8; 2017, c.58, s.3