N.D.R.Ev.
RULE 604.
INTERPRETERS An interpreter is subject to the provisions
of these rules relating to qualification as an expert
and the administration of an oath or affirmation to make a true
translation.
An interpreter must be qualified and must give an oath or affirmation to make a true translation.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Rule 604 was amended, effective March 1, 1990; ________________.
This rule merely includes within the
evidence code that which exists in North Dakota law.
N.D.C.C. § 31-01-11 provides for the appointment of interpreters and for their
oath; Rule
28(b), NDRCrimP provides for the appointment of interpreters.
Rule 604 was amended, effective March 1, 1990. The amendment is technical in nature and no substantive change is intended.
Rule 604 was amended, effective ______________, in response to the December 1, 2011, revision of the Federal Rules of Evidence. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. There is no intent to change any result in any ruling on evidence admissibility.
Sources: Joint Procedure Committee
Minutes: of___________________; March 24-25,
1988, page 12; December 3, 1987, page 15; April 8, 1976, page 27. Rule
Fed.R.Ev. 604,
Federal Rules of Evidence; Rule 604, SBAND proposal.
Statutes Affected:
Considered: N.D.C.C. §§ 31-01-11, 31-01-12.
Cross Reference: N.D.R.Crim.P. 28 (Interpreters); N.D.Sup.Ct.Admin.R. 50 (Court Interpreter Qualifications and Procedures).