Short title:
The Legal Aid Act
Long title:
An Act to provide for the granting of legal aid in civil and
criminal case to persons whose means are insufficient to
enable them to pay for legal services; to provide for the
regulation of law clinics in the provision of legal aid;
continue the existence of the Legal Aid Board and provide
its functions; to reconstitute the Board of the Legal Aid
Board and redefine its functions; provide for the
registration of practitioners, legal assistants, paralegals
and legal aid service providers; continue the existence
of the Legal Aid Fund and provide for its administration
and management; to repeal and replace the Legal Aid Act,
1967; and provide for matters connected with, or
incidental to, the foregoing.
Year of Act:
2021
Number of Act:
No. 1 of 2021
Date of assent:
23 March 2021
Date of promulgation:
24 March 2021
Date of commencement:
24 March 2021
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