D8
[Subsidiary]
Maximum amounts of contributions.
Second Schedule, Table A.
Second Schedule, Table B.
Excess
contributions to be repaid to aided person. [cf. Cap. 91, sub. leg. B, r. 9(1).}
CAP. 221] Legal Aid in Criminal Cases Rules
[1973 Ed.
(2) A contribution payable by an aided person to the Director under paragraph (1) shall be a debt due to the Director payable-
(a) from income or from capital;
(b) in a lump sum or by instalments; and
(c) on such day or within such periods,
as the Director may determine.
17. A contribution which an aided person is required to pay shall be---
(a) in respect of capital, an amount determined in accordance
with Table A in the Second Schedule; and
(b) in respect of income, an amount determined in accordance
with Table B in the Second Schedule.
18. If the total contribution made by a person in respect of any proceedings is more than the net liability of the Director on his account, the excess shall be repaid to him.
PART IV
Committing magistrate to inform accused of his right to apply for legal aid.
L.N. 70/73.
MISCELLANEOUS
19. (1) Upon committing an accused person for trial before
High the Supreme Court the committing magistrate shall inform the accused person of his right to apply for legal aid.
(Cap. 227.)
Copies of transcripts.
[cf. Cap. 221, sub. leg. A, r. 5.)
Solicitor and counsel fees.
L.N. 169:69. L.N. 70/73.
(2) Upon transferring a charge or complaint to the District Court under Part IV of the Magistrates Ordinance the magistrate shall, if the accused person may be granted legal aid under rule 4(b), inform him of his right to apply therefor.
20. Solicitor or counsel assigned to an accused person or to an appellant under these rules shall be entitled upon application to receive free of charge from the appropriate court a copy of the transcript of the proceedings or of the depositions, including documentary exhibits, if any, in the case.
21. (1) The fees payable to solicitor or counsel assigned under these rules to represent an aided person shall be determined by the Director having regard to the work actually and reasonably done and, subject to this rule, in accordance with the following scales-- (a) to solicitor assigned under a legal aid certificate in respect of proceedings in the Supreme Court or an appeal aid certificate a fee of seven hundred and fifty dollars; and additionally, if the trial or appeal is not concluded on the day on which it started, a daily fee of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars in respect of the second and every subsequent day;
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