Section 12: Application for legal assistance
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12. Application for legal assistance
(1) A person who wishes to obtain legal assistance shall make an application to the District
Court by swearing an affidavit in the form set out in the Schedule.
(2) The District Court may, on an application made under subsection (1), cause such
inquiry as it thinks fit to be made as to the means of the applicant and request such additional
information as may be required from the applicant.
(3) A person who, for the purpose of, or in connection with, an application for legal
assistance wilfully gives information which is false or misleading shall commit an offence and
shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one million rupees and to penal servitude
for a term not exceeding 3 years.