Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGAL AID ORDINANCE - SECT 13

Endorsement of legal aid certificate

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where a legal aid certificate is granted, the Director may act for the
aided person in any proceedings, or part of any proceedings, and the Director
may assign counsel or solicitor, to be selected by the aided  person, if he so
desires, or otherwise selected by the Director, and the Director shall endorse
on the legal aid certificate the name of any counsel or solicitor assigned.
(Replaced 14 of 1982 s. 7. Amended 54 of 1984 s. 10; 79 of 1995 s. 50)

(2) The Director may, if he is of the opinion that any proceedings are, or may
become, of exceptional difficulty or importance, state in the certificate that
the aided person should be represented by 2 counsel, one of whom may be
leading counsel, in such proceedings.

(3) Counsel or a solicitor selected under subsection (1), whether by the
aided person or by the Director, shall be selected from the panel and no
leading counsel may be selected by an aided person, except where subsection
(2) applies, unless the Director consents thereto. (Added 54 of 1984 s. 10.
Amended 26 of 2000 s. 4)