1989 Ed.]
Legal Aid
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PART IV
COSTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
16B. Benefits afforded to aided persons
Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, where a person receives legal aid in connection with any proceedings-
(a) the expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings, so far as they would ordinarily be paid in the first instance by or on behalf of the solicitor assigned to act for him, shall be so paid, except in the case of those paid directly by the Director, and the expenses paid by the solicitor shall be refunded to him by the Director;
(b) his counsel and solicitor shall be paid by the Director in accordance with section 20;
(c) except in Privy Council proceedings, he shall not be liable in respect of proceedings to which the certificate relates for court fees or for fees payable for the service of process or for any fees due to the bailiff in connection with the execution of process, but for the purposes of any order or agreement of costs made in his favour with respect to the proceedings such costs shall be deemed to have been paid by him and sections 19, 19A(1) and 19B(1)(b) shall apply accordingly;
(d) except in Privy Council proceedings, he shall be entitled to be supplied free of charge with a transcript of the evidence in any proceedings to which the certificate relates and, in the event of there being any other relevant proceedings, with a transcript of the relevant evidence in such other proceedings and also, if such other proceedings are criminal proceedings, of the judge's summing up in such other proceedings;
(e) he may be required to make a contribution to the Director;
(f) his liability for costs shall be determined in accordance with section 16C.
(Added 54 of 1984 s. 14)
16C. Liability for costs
(1) Subject to section 18A, the liability of an aided person and of the Director for costs shall be determined in the following manner-
(Amended 40 of 1989 s. 5)
(a) an aided person shall not be liable for costs incurred by the Director on his behalf-