Massachusetts § 5 Removal of interpreter

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 5 — Removal of interpreter

Massachusetts § 5

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title ICOURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS

Ch. 221CCOURT INTERPRETERS FOR THE TRIAL COURT

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221C, § 5 (2026).

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Section 5. Any of the following actions shall be good cause for a judge to remove an interpreter:

(a)knowingly and willfully making false interpretation while serving in an official capacity;

(b)knowingly and willfully disclosing confidential or privileged information obtained while serving in an official capacity;

(c)failing to follow the standards prescribed by law and the ethics of the interpreter profession; or(d) being unable to interpret adequately, including where the interpreter self-reports such inability.

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Section 5. Any of the following actions shall be good cause for a judge to remove an interpreter:(a) knowingly and willfully making false interpretation while serving in an official capacity;(b) knowingly and willfully disclosing confidential or privileged information obtained while serving in an official capacity;(c) failing to follow the standards prescribed by law and the ethics of the interpreter profession; or(d) being unable to interpret adequately, including where the interpreter self-reports such inability.

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