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2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 24 - EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 9 - WITNESSES GENERALLY
ARTICLE 5 - USE OF SIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERMEDIARY INTERPRETER IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
§ 24-9-104 - Indigent hearing impaired defendants to be provided with interpreters
O.C.G.A. 24-9-104 (2010)24-9-104. Indigent hearing impaired defendants to be provided with interpreters
(a) A court shall provide a qualified interpreter to any hearing impaired person whenever the hearing impaired person has been provided with a court appointed legal counsel. The court shall request a qualified interpreter from the department, and the department shall provide a qualified interpreter.
(b) The qualified interpreter authorized by this Code section shall be present at all times when the hearing impaired person is consulting with legal counsel.
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