Singapore legislation

Section 10

of Legal Aid and Advice Act 1995

Section 10

Cancellation of Grant of Aid

Amended by6/20136/201350/201850/20186/2013

(1)

The Director may, at any time and whether or not an application has been made for the purpose, cancel a Grant of Aid, and subject to subsection (2), the person to whom the Grant of Aid was issued ceases to be an aided person from the date of cancellation.

Amended by6/2013

(2)

Where the Grant of Aid cancelled under subsection (1) has been filed with any court, the Director must file with the court a notification of the cancellation, and the person to whom the Grant of Aid was issued ceases to be an aided person from the date of filing of such notification.

Amended by6/2013

(3)

Where a notification under subsection (2) is filed in a court in respect of any proceedings, the following apply unless the court (before which those proceedings are pending) orders otherwise:

(a)

all steps in those proceedings are stayed for a period of 14 days after the date on which the notification is filed;

(b)

during that period, the time fixed by or under any written law, for doing any act or taking any step in those proceedings, does not run.

Amended by50/2018

(4)

The period mentioned in subsection (3)(a) may be reduced or extended by an order of the court.

Amended by50/2018

(5)

The Director must take such steps as seem to the Director reasonable or necessary to inform the person to whom a Grant of Aid has been issued of the cancellation of any such Grant of Aid.

Amended by6/2013
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