Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGAL AID ORDINANCE - SECT 8

Application for legal aid

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART III

APPLICATIONS FOR LEGAL AID AND GRANT OF CERTIFICATE

(1) Any person who, whether in his own right or in a representative or
fiduciary capacity, wishes to be granted legal aid shall apply therefor to the
Director. (Amended 54 of 1984 s.6)

(2) Every application for legal aid shall be in such form and accompanied by
such statutory declaration, verifying the facts stated in the application, as
may be prescribed.

(3) If the person who wishes to be granted legal aid is an infant, the
application under this section shall be made on behalf of the infant by his
father, mother or guardian. (Amended 27 of 1991 s. 7)

(4) References in subsection (1) to a person who wishes to be granted
legal aid in a representative capacity shall extend to a person who wishes to
be granted legal aid for making application to a court or the Court of Final
Appeal for an order enabling civil proceedings (being civil proceedings in
respect of which legal aid may be granted under this Ordinance) to be
conducted on behalf of a person who is mentally disordered. (Replaced 54 of
1984 s. 6. Amended 79 of 1995 s. 50)