[Subsidiary]
L.N. 130/69.
L.N. 169/69.
L.N. 176/69. L.N. 167/72. L.N. 70/73. L.N. 148/73.
L.N. 65/76.
CAP. 221] Legal Aid in Criminal Cases Rules
[1973 Ed.
LEGAL AID IN CRIMINAL CASES RULES
(Cap. 221, section 9A)
[1st January, 1970.]
Citation.
Interpretation.
L.N. 169/69. (Cap. 336.)
(Cap. 159.)
(Cap. 91.)
(Cap. 159.)
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. These rules may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal Cases Rules.
2. (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
"aided person” means a person who has been granted a legal aid
certificate or an appeal aid certificate;
"appeal aid certificate" means an appeal aid certificate granted
under rule 10, 11, 12 or 13;
"appellant" means a person referred to in paragraph (c) or (f) of rule 4 who proposes to appeal to the Full Court, or to the High Supreme Court and a respondent in an appeal under section
84 of the District Court Ordinance;
"counsel" means a person who is enrolled as a barrister on the roll of barristers maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, and who, at the material time, is not suspended from practice;
"Director" means the Director of Legal Aid appointed under section 3 of the Legal Aid Ordinance and any Deputy Director and Assistant Director of Legal Aid so appointed;
"disposable capital”, in relation to an applicant for legal aid, means
his capital as assessed under rule 15;
"disposable income”, in relation to an applicant for legal aid, means
his income as assessed under rule 15;
-"disposable resources",- in relation to an applicant for legal aid, means his disposable capital and his disposable income;
"legal aid" means representation, as provided by these rules, by
counsel or solicitor or both;
"legal aid certificate" means a legal aid certificate granted under
rule 6, 7, 8 or 13;
"solicitor" means a person enrolled on the roll of solicitors main- tained in accordance with the provisions of the Legal Practi- tioners Ordinance, and who, at the material time, is not suspended from practice.