Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
Sessions Judges, District Magistrates and Chief Metropolitan Magistrates are authorised to pay to an interpreter, employed to interpret evidence given in a language not understood by the accused or the Court, any reasonable sum for his service not exceeding Rs. 10/- per diem. Sessions Judges, District Magistrates and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates are also empowered within the limit prescribed to sanction similar charges incurred by Magistrates subordinate to them.