Rule 91. Form of oath or affirmation to interpreter

Chapter XII · Examination of witnesses and issue of Commissions

91.1 The rule

Oath or solemn affirmation shall be administered to the interpreter in the following form before the Bench officer or the Court officer as the case may be, as taken for examining a witness– “I do swear in the name of God or solemnly affirm that I will faithfully and truly interpret and explain all questions put to and evidence given by witness and translate correctly and accurately all documents given to me for translation.”

91.2 What it does

An interpreter is sworn in his own right, in his own words, and before the witness he is there to interpret for. The oath binds him to two distinct things: to interpret questions and evidence in the hearing, and to translate documents given to him.