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Kiribati
Constitution as adopted on 12 July 1979.
Section 10
2. Every person who is charged with a criminal offence...
(b) shall be informed as soon as reasonably practicable, in detail and in a language that he understands, of the nature of the offence charged;...
(f) shall be permitted to have without payment the assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand the language used at the trial of the charge;
Section 127
The provisions of this Constitution shall be published in a Kiribati language text as well as this English text, but in the event of any inconsistency between the two texts this English text shall prevail.
