Hong Kong Regulations

LEGAL AID IN CRIMINAL CASES RULES - RULE 14B

Refusal of legal aid in Court of Final Appeal appeals

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) If the Director is not satisfied that an appellant should be granted
legal aid to appeal to, or to apply for leave to appeal to, the Court of Final
Appeal, the Director shall refuse the application and inform the appellant in
writing of the refusal.

(2) An appellant aggrieved by a decision of the Director under paragraph (1)
or his decision to discharge an appeal aid certificate granted in respect of
an appeal to, or an application for leave to appeal to, the Court of Final
Appeal may bring the decision on review before the committee mentioned in
section 26A of the Legal Aid Ordinance ( Cap 91) and the provisions of that
section shall apply to a review under this rule. (L.N. 122 of 1982; 79 of 1995
s. 50)