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Малітоля amoucis of contributions.
Second Scbcduk. Table A.
Second Schedule, Table B.
Excess con- tribution to be repaid to aided person. [of. Cap. 21. mub, Lang, 11. e. 90L);
Committing magistrate to inform accused of his right to apply for legal
aid.
Copies of transcripts.
TEX CAR 201, 105. Meg. A, 6. 5.1
Solicitor and counsel fees.
unless he is exempted from the requirements of this Part by virtue of an order made under rule 13.
(2) A contribution payable by an aided person to the Director under paragraph (1) shall be a debt due to the Director payable-
(a) from income or from capital;
(b) in a lump sum or by instalments; and
(c) on such day or within such periods.
as the Director may determine.
17. A contribution which an aided person is required to pay shall be-
(a) in respect of capital, an amount determined in accord-
ance with Table A in the Second Schedule; and
(6) in respect of income, an amount determined in accord-
ance with Table B in the Second Schedule.
18. If the total contribution made by a person in respect of any proceedings is more than the net liability of the Director on his account, the excess shall be repaid to him.
PART IV.
MISCELLANEOUS.
19. Upon committing an accused person for trial before the Supreme Court the committing magistrate shall inform the ec- cused person of his right to apply for legal aid.
20. Solicitor or counsel assigned to an accused person or to an appellant under these rules shall be entilled upon application to receive free of charge from the appropriate court a copy of the transcript of the proceedings or of the depositions, including documentary exhibits, if any, in the case.
21. (1) The fees payable to solicitor or counsel assigned under these rules to represent an aided person shall be deter- mined by the Director having regard to the work actually and reasonably done and, subject to this rule, in accordance with the following scales-
(a) to solicitor assigned under a legal aid certificate or an appeal aid certificate a fee not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars, and additionally, if the trial or appeal is not concluded on the day on which it started, a daily
fee not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars in respect of the second and every subsequent day:
(b) to counsel assigned under a legal aid certificate or an appeal aid certificate a fee of not less than five hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars or, in the case of Queen's Counsel, a fee of not less than seven hundred and fifty dollars and not exceed- ing two thousand four hundred dollars; and additionally, if the trial or appeal is not concluded on the day on which it started, such daily fee not exceeding one-third of the fee allowed under this sub-paragraph in respect of the second and every subsequent day as appears to be proper in the circumstances.
(2) If in the opinion of the court before which the trial or appeal is heard the case is of exceptional length or complexity, the court may so certify and thereupon-
(a) the fee payable to Queen's Counsel under paragraph (1)}) may be increased to not more than three thousand six hundred dollars;
(b) the fee payable to counsel under paragraph (1) may be increased to not more than two thousand four hundred dollars; and
(c) the fee payable to solicitor under paragraph (1) may be increased to not more than one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars,
and, in each case, the daily fee mentioned in that paragraph may be increased proportionately,
(3) 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 reason.
ably incurred.
(4) Where a solicitor or counsel represents two or more accused persons or two or more appellants to whom he has been assigned by the Director and who are tried together or whose appeals are heard together, the amount payable to the solicitor or counsel under paragraph (1) or (2) may be increased by such amount as appears to the Director to be proper in the circum-
stances.