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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1975
NO BACKLOG OF LEGAL AID APPLICATIONS
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THE PROCESSING TIME FOR AN APPLICATION FOR LEGAL AID
IN CIVIL CASES DEPENDS ON THE URGENCY AND TYPE OF PROCEEDINGS AND FOR CRIMINAL CASES, THE TIME, NORMALLY BETWEEN TWO TO SIX WEEKS, DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE APPLICATION IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF A TRIAL OR AN APPEAL AND ON THE COURT OF TRIAL.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON. JOHN HOBLEY, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. MISS KO SIU WAH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, SAID THAT WHERE THERE WAS URGENCY, AS IN THE CASE OF APPLICATIONS FROM WORKERS SEEKING TO PRESENT BANKRUPTCY OR WINDING-UP PETITIONS AGAINST THEIR EMPLOYERS, THE APPLICATIONS MUST BE, AND WERE DEALT WITH VERY SPEEDILY.
+LIKEWISE, AN APPLICATION FOR LEGAL AID TO CONTINUE A PENDING CIVIL ACTION OR TO DEFEND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS MUST BE, AND IS, DEALT WITH ON AN URGENT BASIS, AND A DECISION IS TAKEN WITHIN A MONTH OR SO, HE SAID.
IN NON-URGENT CASES, THE PROCESSING PERIOD VARIED CONSIDERABLY, AND AS THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID MUST SATISFY HIMSELF THAT AN APPLICANT, HAD A REASONABLE CASE, INQUIRIES INEVITABLY TOOK TIME IN SOME CASES, HE SAID.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THAT THERE WAS NO BACKLOG OF APPLICATIONS WAITING FOR PROCESSING AT THE MOMENT.
AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, 5,745 APPLICATIONS FOR AID IN CIVIL CASES WERE BEING PROCESSED AND 102 APPLICATIONS FOR AID IN CRIMINAL CASES WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION.
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