Hong Kong Regulations

LEGAL AID (ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 9

Deprivation or conversion of resources

If it appears to the Director that the person concerned has with intent to
reduce the amount of his financial resources, income, disposable income or
disposable capital-

   (a)  directly or indirectly deprived himself of any resources; or

   (b)  converted any part of his resources into resources which under these
        regulations are to be wholly or partly disregarded (including the
        repayment of money borrowed on the security of a dwelling), or in
        respect of which nothing is to be included in determining the
        resources of that person, the resources of which he has so deprived
        himself or which he has so converted shall be treated as part of his
        resources or as not so converted as the case maybe. (L.N. 195 of 1992)