Section IX: Debates.

Debates are held in public, except where the law requires or permits them to be held in chambers.

The judge is not required to use an interpreter where he knows the language in which the parties are speaking.

If one of the parties is deaf, the judge shall designate to assist him or her, by non-appealable order, an interpreter in sign language or in completed spoken language, or any qualified person who has mastered a language or method enabling communication with the deaf. The judge may also use any technical device enabling communication with this party. However, the previous paragraph does not apply if the deaf party appears…