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[Subsidiary]
48 of 1983. s. 5.
L.N. 204/84.
L.N. 115/85.
L.N. 115/85.
CAP. 221] Legal Aid in Criminal Cases Rules
[1985 Ed.
which they started, a daily fee not exceeding $10 in respect of the second and every subsequent day as appears to be proper in the circumstances;
(n) to counsel or a solicitor assigned under a legal aid certificate to act as advocate in committal proceedings otherwise than by way of a preliminary inquiry, a fee not exceeding $2,000 and additionally, if such proceedings are not concluded on the day on which they started, a daily fee not exceeding $100 in respect of the second and every subsequent day as appears to be proper in the circumstances;
(o) to counsel or a solicitor settling a notice of appeal, other than grounds of appeal settled under rule 9(a), such fee not exceeding $1,000 as appears to the Director to be proper in the circumstances;
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(2) If in the opinion of a judge before whom a trial or appeal is heard the case is of exceptional length or complexity, the judge may so certify and thereupon-
(a) the fee payable to counsel under paragraph (1)(d); and
(b) the fee payable to a solicitor under paragraph (1)(a),
may be increased by such amount as appears to the Director to be proper in the circumstances, and the daily fee provided for in paragraph (1)(a) or (d), as the case may be, may be increased proportionately.
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(3) If in the opinion of a District Judge before whom a trial is heard the case is of exceptional length or complexity, the judge may so certify and thereupon-
(a) the fee payable to counsel under paragraph (1)(e) or to a solicitor in respect of his advocacy under paragraph (1)(c); and
(b) the fee payable to a solicitor under paragraph (1)(b),
may be increased by such amount as appears to the Director to be proper in the circumstances, and the daily fee provided for in paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (e), as the case may be, may be increased proportionately.
(4) In addition to the fees payable under paragraph (1), there shall be payable to a solicitor-
(a) expenses actually and reasonably incurred by himself and his clerk in travelling to or from the court and to and from any place visited for the purpose of preparing or conducting any trial or appeal; and
(b) any other out-of-pocket expenses actually and reasonably incurred.