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Legal aid for appellants. (Vol. XI, P. 14).
Assignment of solicitors and counsel. Schedule.
Depositions.
Solicitor and counsel tees,
3. The Full Court or, subject to the provisions of rule 22 of the Criminal Appeal Rules, a judge of the Supreme Court, (in either case for the purpose of this rule referred to as "the certifying authority"") may at any time upon application grant a legal aid certificate for the purpose of providing free legal aid to any appellant in any criminal appeal or any proceedings preliminary or incidental to any criminal appeal in which, in the opinion of the court, it appears desirable in the interests of justice that such appellant should have legal aid, and that he has not sufficient means to enable him to obtain that aid,
4. (1) Any legal aid certificate granted in accordance with these rules shall be in the form specified in the Schedule and shall be for- warded in duplicate to the Registrar of the Supreme Court by the certi- fying authority.
(2) Upon receipt by the Registrar of the Supreme Court of any legal aid certificate, the Chief Justice may in his discretion assign or cause to be assigned a solicitor and one or more counsel, or solicitor or counsel only, as he may think fit, to represent the person in respect of whom such certificate was issued.
(3) The Registrar of the Supreme Court shall send to any solicitor or counsel assigned in accordance with this rule one copy of the legal aid certificate endorsed with a note of the assignment.
5.
Any solicitor or counsel to whom a case is assigned in accord- ance with the provisions of rule 4. shall be entided upon application to receive free of charge from the appropriate court a copy of the depositions, if any, in the case.
6. Upon presentation to the Registrar of the Supreme Court of a legal aid certificate endorsed in accordance with rule 4, there shall be payable in respect thereof-
(a) to a solicitor or firm of solicitors-
() in respect of a case involving representation of one person only, a fee of three hundred dollars for the first day; of the hearing and a fee of one hundred dollars for each subsequent day or part of a day during which the hearing continues; and
(i) in respect of a case involving representation of more than one person, such additional fee or fees as the Chief Justice may think fit; and
(b) to a counsel
(i) in respect of a case involving representation of one person only, for the first such case assigned in any year, a fee of three hundred dollars and a refresher of two hundred dollars for each day or part of a day during which the hearing
continues beyond the first day; and for every subsequent case assigned to him in that year, a fee of seven hundred and fifty dollars and a refresher of two hundred and fifty dollars for each day or part of a day during which the hearing continues beyond the first day: and
(i) in respect of a case involving the representation of more than one person, such additional fee or fees as the Chief Justice may think fit.
7. (1) Rules 32 to 34 inclusive of the Criminal Appeal Rules are Revocation revoked.
and cancella-- tion of
rules and orders.
(2) The Counsel (Fees) Order, 1952, and the Solicitors (Fees) previous Order, 1957, are cancelled.
SCHEDULE,
Legal Aid Certificate.
*Case No./*Criminal Appeal No. Anisapopoererat "Defendant/Appellant
(Vol. XI, P. 14). (G.N.A. 28/32).
(O.N.A.
30/5T).
[r. 4.1
WHEREAS it appears to me, *having committed the said
for trial/"baving read the relevant documents in the trial of the said *............
that it is desirable in the interests of justice that he should have legal aid in the preparation and conduct of his "defence/"appeal and that his means are insufficient to enable him to obtain for himself such legal aid:
NOW THEREFORE 1 do hereby grant in respect of the said
this legal aid certificate.
*(And I further certify that in my opinion the interests of justice require that he shall have the assistance of two counsel).
Dated this
• Delete if inapplicable.
day of
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President, Full Court.
or
Judge, Supreme Court.
Dr
Adagistrate.