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CAP. 221]

Legal Aid in Criminal Cases Rules

[1973 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

(Cap. 159.)

Legal aid for accused persons and appellants.

L.N. 70/73.

L.N. 169/69.

(Cap. 336.)

L.N. 167/72.

1.N.65/76.

L.N. 148/73.

4.4.65/76.

Application for legal aid.

Form 1.

Consideration of application for legal aid.

(9) Subject to paragraph (7), a counsel or solicitor may at any time request the Director to remove his name from any panel, and the Director shall comply with such request.

(10) In this rule-

"practising certificate" means a practising certificate in force under

section 6 or 30 of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance.

PART II

GRANT OF LEGAL AID

4. Subject to any requirement to make contributions under Part III-

(a) an accused person committed for trial before the Supreme High Court may be granted legal aid under these rules for the preparation and conduct of his defence and for any plea arising from the indictment;

(b) a person charged before the District Court with an offence punishable by imprisonment for not less than fourteen years may be granted legal aid under these rules for the preparation and conduct of his defence and for any plea arising from the charge sheet;

(c) a person convicted of any offence before the Supreme (high

Court or the District Court may be granted legal aid under these rules for any appeal to the Full Court and in any

proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto; Appeal

of (d) the respondent in an appeal to the Full Court/under section 84 of the District Court Ordinance may be granted legal aid under these rules for the appeal and in any proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto;

(g)

(e) a respondent referred to in section 81A of the Ordinance may be granted legal aid under these rules for the hearing of an application for the review of any sentence under that section; and

(f) a person who is convicted by, or aggrieved by, an order or determination of a magistrate in respect of or in connexion with any offence may be granted legal aid under these rules for the purpose of any appeal to the Supreme Court and

any proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto; and a respondent in an appeal by way of case stated by the Attorney General under section 105 of the Magistrates Ordinance may be granted legal aid under these rules for the appeal and in any proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto,

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6. Subject to rule 13 in the case of a capital charge, in determining an application for legal aid by an accused person the Director shall consider-

L.N. 65/76.

(Cap. 227.)