CAP. 91]
Legal Aid
[1989 Ed.
“court” means any court, tribunal or person in respect of proceedings before which legal aid may be granted but does not include the Privy Council; (Amended 14 of 1982 s. 2)
"Director" means the Director of Legal Aid appointed under the provisions of section 3 and any Deputy Director of Legal Aid, Assistant Director of Legal Aid and Legal Aid Officer so appointed; (Amended 24 of 1983 s. 2; 54 of 1984 s. 2)
"Fund” means the Supplementary Legal Aid Fund established under section 29; (Added 54 of 1984 s. 2)
“guardian", in relation to an infant, includes, without prejudice to the generality of the expression, such person as the Director considers might properly be appointed by the court to be the next friend or guardian ad litem of the infant;
"income", "disposable income" and "disposable capital" mean income, disposable income or disposable capital as determined in the prescribed manner; (Added 54 of 1984 s. 2)
"judge” means a judge of the Supreme Court or the District Court, as the case may be;
"legal aid" means legal aid granted under the provisions of this Ordinance;
"legal aid certificate" means a legal aid certificate granted under section 10;
"Legal Aid Officer" means an officer appointed to a post of and serving as, or lawfully performing the functions of any of the officers designated in Schedule 1; (Added 24 of 1983 s. 2)
"order for costs" includes any judgment, order, decree, award or direction by a court or the Privy Council for the payment of the costs of one party in the proceedings by another party, whether given or made in those proceedings or not; (Amended 14 of 1982 s. 2)
"panel" means the appropriate panel maintained in accordance with section 4;
“person" does not include a body of persons corporate or unincorporate so as to authorize legal aid to be granted to such a body;
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under section 28; (Added 54 of 1984 s. 2)
"Privy Council" means Her Majesty in Council; (Added 14 of 1982 s. 2)
"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court and, for the purposes of any proceedings before the Privy Council, includes the Registrar of the Privy Council; (Added 14 of 1982 s. 2)
"solicitor" means a person enrolled on the roll of solicitors maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159), and who, at the material time, is not suspended from practice and, for the purposes of any proceedings relating to an appeal to, or an application for leave to appeal to, the Privy Council, includes a person qualified to practise as a solicitor in England and Wales and who, at the material time, is not suspended from practice; (Amended 14 of 1982 s. 2; 54 of 1984 s. 2)
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CAP. 91]
Legal Aid
[1989 Ed.
“court” means any court, tribunal or person in respect of proceedings before which legal aid may be granted but does not include the Privy Council; (Amended 14 of 1982 s. 2)
"Director" means the Director of Legal Aid appointed under the provisions of section 3 and any Deputy Director of Legal Aid, Assistant Director of Legal Aid and Legal Aid Officer so appointed; (Amended 24 of 1983 s. 2; 54 of 1984 s. 2)
"Fund” means the Supplementary Legal Aid Fund established under section
29; (Added 54 of 1984 s. 2)
“guardian", in relation to an infant, includes, without prejudice to the generality of the expression, such person as the Director considers might properly be appointed by the court to be the next friend or guardian ad litem of the infant;
"income", "disposable income" and "disposable capital" mean income, disposable income or disposable capital as determined in the prescribed manner; (Added 54 of 1984 s. 2)
"judge” means a judge of the Supreme Court or the District Court, as the case
may be;
"legal aid" means legal aid granted under the provisions of this Ordinance; "legal aid certificate" means a legal aid certificate granted under section 10; "Legal Aid Officer" means an officer appointed to a post of and serving as, or lawfully performing the functions of any of the officers designated in Schedule 1; (Added 24 of 1983 s. 2)
"order for costs" includes any judgment, order, decree, award or direction by a court or the Privy Council for the payment of the costs of one party in the proceedings by another party, whether given or made in those proceedings or not; (Amended 14 of 1982 s. 2)
"panel" means the appropriate panel maintained in accordance with section 4; “"person" does not include a body of persons corporate or unincorporate so as
to authorize legal aid to be granted to such a body;
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under section 28; (Added
54 of 1984 s. 2)
"Privy Council" means Her Majesty in Council; (Added 14 of 1982 s. 2) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court and, for the purposes of
any proceedings before the Privy Council, includes the Registrar of the Privy Council; (Added 14 of 1982 s. 2)
"solicitor" means a person enrolled on the roll of solicitors maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159), and who, at the material time, is not suspended from practice and, for the purposes of any proceedings relating to an appeal to, or an applica- tion for leave to appeal to, the Privy Council, includes a person qualified to practise as a solicitor in England and Wales and who, at the material time, is not suspended from practice; (Amended 14 of 1982 s. 2; 54 of 1984 s. 2)
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