Legal Aid and Legal Assistance Act 2025
as enacted (not consolidated). juris shows this Act from a copy that is not the official consolidation, so it may not carry every amendment; the amendments juris holds are listed. It does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
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Sections
- 1 Short title
- 2 Interpretation
- 3 Application of Act
- PART II: LEGAL AID IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
- 4 Right to legal aid
- 5 Eligibility for legal aid
- 6 Application for legal aid
- 7 Legal aid in criminal appeals
- 8 Grant of legal aid
- 9 Grant of legal aid to juvenile
- PART III: LEGAL ASSISTANCE DURING POLICE ENQUIRY AND FOR BAIL APPLICATION
- 10 Right to legal assistance
- 11 Eligibility for legal assistance
- 12 Application for legal assistance
- 13 Grant of legal assistance
- 14 Legal assistance to juvenile
- PART IV: ASSIGNMENT OF BARRISTER AND ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL AID OR LEGAL ASSISTANCE
- 15 Assignment of barrister and attorney
- 16 Costs
- PART V: MISCELLANEOUS
- 17 Exemption from duties and fees
- 18 Rules
- 19 Regulations
- 20 Repeal
- 21 Transitional provision
- 22 Commencement