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Legal Aid
[1989 Ed.
(5) The costs so ordered to be paid shall, unless otherwise directed by the order, include fees and charges of the nature referred to in section 16B(c) and (d). (Amended 54 of 1984 s. 15)
18. Contributions by aided person
(1) An aided person shall pay to the Director a contribution-
(a) where legal aid has been granted to him under the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme, in accordance with section 32; and
(b) in any other case, if so required by the Director, towards the sums that may be or become payable on his account by the Director. (Replaced 54 of 1984 s. 16)
(2) Any contribution payable by an aided person to the Director under this Ordinance shall be a debt due to the Director and shall be paid in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) If the total contribution paid by an aided person is more than the net liability of the Director on his account within the meaning of section 18A(2), the excess shall be repaid to him: (Amended 54 of 1984 s. 16)
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply to a contribution payable under section 32. (Added 54 of 1984 s. 16)
(Replaced 60 of 1981 s. 2)
18A. Charge on property recovered
(1) Subject to this section-
(a) the amount of a contribution to the extent that it is unpaid; and (b) except where legal aid has been granted under the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme, if the total contribution is less than the net liability of the Director on account of the aided person, a sum equal to the deficiency,
shall be a first charge for the benefit of the Director on any property (wherever situated) which is recovered or preserved for the aided person in the proceedings. (Replaced 54 of 1984 s. 17)
(2) The references in section 18 and in subsection (1) to the net liability of the Director on any person's account in relation to any proceedings refer to the aggregate amount of the following-
(a) sums paid or payable by the Director on his account in respect of the proceedings to any solicitor or counsel (or, where the Director acts for a person, sums which would have been so payable if the Director had not so acted) and not recouped by the Director from sums recovered under an order or agreement for costs made in favour of that person with respect to the proceedings;