99-17-7 - Interpreters. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 99-17-7. Interpreters.
 

In criminal cases wherein the defendant has been declared indigent, the court may appoint an interpreter who is certified as provided in Section 9-21-73, when necessary, sworn truly to interpret, and allow him a reasonable compensation, as set by the court, payable out of the county treasury. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 61, art. 1(80); 1857, ch. 61, art. 158; 1871, § 640; 1880, § 1713; 1892, § 731; 1906, § 792; Hemingway's 1917, § 576; 1930, § 585; 1942, § 1529; Laws, 2000, ch. 389, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 569, § 7, eff from and after July 1, 2006.