Singapore legislation

Section 25

Right to and nature of legal advice

(1)

Subject to this Part, legal advice shall be available to persons resident and present in Singapore.

(2)

Legal advice shall consist of oral advice on legal questions given by the Director or a solicitor whose name is on the appropriate panel of solicitors maintained pursuant to section 4 and shall include help in preparing an application for legal aid and in supplying information required in determining the disposable capital and disposable income of the applicant but shall not include advice on any law other than the law of Singapore.

(3)

Provision may be made by regulations made under this Act for further defining or restricting the questions on which legal advice may be given and for regulating all matters relating to fees, charges and costs in relation to the giving of legal advice.

(4)

A person seeking legal advice shall apply to the Director and shall be required —

(a)

to satisfy the Director that he cannot afford to obtain it in the ordinary way; and

(b)

to pay to the Director a fee of $1 or such other fee as may be prescribed.

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