1989 Ed.]
Legal Aid
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(3) Counsel or a solicitor selected under subsection (1)(b), whether by the aided person or by the Director, shall be selected from the panel and no leading counsel may be selected by an aided person, except where subsection (2) applies, unless the Director consents thereto. (Added 54 of 1984 s. 10)
14. Filing of legal aid certificate
(1) The Director shall file the legal aid certificate in the registry of the court-
(a) in which proceedings for which legal aid has been granted have been commenced, as soon as practicable after the issue of the certificate; and
(b) in any other case, upon the commencement of such proceedings in that court,
and no court fee shall be charged upon the filing of such certificate. (Replaced 54 of 1984 s. 11)
(2) Where counsel or solicitor is assigned to act after a legal aid certificate is filed in court, or in any case where a new assignment is made in lieu of counsel or solicitor assigned previously, the Director shall not be required to endorse on the certificate the name of the counsel or solicitor so assigned, or newly assigned, as the case may be, but may, instead, give notice of such assignment or new assignment in writing to the proper officer of the court in which proceedings are pending. (Amended 54 of 1984 s. 11)
(3)-(4) (Repealed 54 of 1984 s. 11)
15. Stay of proceedings upon making of application for legal aid
(1) This section shall not apply to proceedings relating to an appeal to, or an application for leave to appeal to, the Privy Council.
(2) Where an action has been commenced or where an appeal has been lodged in respect of any proceedings and any party, or any person who wishes to be joined as a party, makes an application for legal aid, the Director shall, as soon as practicable after the application is made, notify the other party or each of the other parties, and file in the court in which the action is commenced or in the court in which the appeal is lodged, as the case may be, a memorandum of such notification.
(3) Where any party to an action, or any person who wishes to be joined as a party, makes an application for legal aid to prosecute an appeal or proceedings in the nature of an appeal, the Director shall, as soon as practicable after the application is made, notify the other party or each of the other parties, and file in the court against whose judgment or order it is intended to appeal, a memorandum of such notification.