1973 Ed.]
Legal Aid in Criminal Cases Rules
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the Director may, having considered the disposable resources of the accused person or appellant, grant him a legal aid certificate or an appeal aid certificate, as the case may require, and shall do so if his disposable resources do not exceed the relevant amounts specified in rule 4.
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(2) The powers of the Director under paragraph (1) may be exercised by a judge or, in the case of an appeal to the Full Court Appeal by the court or a judge thereof, and the court or judge, if it or he thinks fit, may by order exempt the accused person or appellant from the requirements of Part III.
(3) Upon granting a legal aid certificate or an appeal aid certificate under this rule, the Full Court the judge or the Director
APP.. shall assign a solicitor and one or two counsel, one of whom may be leading counsel, as it or he may think fit, to represent the accused person or appellant.
14. The Director may, in lieu of assigning solicitor or counsel to an accused person or appellant under these rules, represent the accused person or appellant.
14A. (1) The Director may, if he is satisfied that it is desirable in the interests of justice, discharge a legal aid certificate or an appeal aid certificate.
(2) The powers of the Director under paragraph (1) may be exercised by a judge or District Judge or, in the case of an appeal to the Full Court by the court or a judge thereof.
PART III
ASSESSMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
15. For the purposes of this Part-
(a) the Director shall assess the disposable capital and dis- posable income of each applicant for legal aid in accordance with the Legal Aid (Assessment of Contributions) Regula- tions as if he were a person seeking legal aid under the Legal Aid Ordinance; and
(b) the application of regulations 4, 5, 6 and 7 of those
regulations shall extend accordingly.
16. (1) An aided person may be required to pay to the Director a contribution towards the sums payable on his account by the Director in any case where-
(a) his disposable income exceeds five hundred dollars per
month; or
(b) his disposable capital exceeds three thousand dollars, unless he is exempted from the requirements of this Part by virtue of an order made under rule 13.
Director may represent aided person.
Power to discharge certificates. L.N. 70/73.
Assessment of disposable capital and disposable income.
(Cap. 91, sub. leg.)
(Cap. 91.)
Contributions by aided person. [cf. Cap. 91, s. 18.]
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