Section 126 to apply to interpreters, etc

Interpreters and the clerks or servants of barristers, pleaders, attorneys and vakils are brought within the scope of the preceding rule. When they receive or handle communications in that professional role, the same rule about disclosure or privilege applies to them. They are treated like the practitioner for purposes of being compelled to give evidence or to claim the same privilege.

Priya works as an interpreter for a vakil and translates a client’s confidential instructions during a meeting. Under this section the rule in the preceding section applies to her, so she is treated like the vakil for purposes of disclosure or privilege and is dealt with in the same way if asked to produce evidence.