Singapore legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Application for legal aid
(1)
Any person who (whether in his or her own right or in a representative capacity) desires to be granted legal aid must make an application in that behalf to the Director.
(2)
An application for legal aid must be —
made in the form and manner required by the Director; and
accompanied by any documents and information required by the Director.
(3)
Where the person who desires to be granted legal aid is a minor, the application must be made on behalf of the minor by the minor’s guardian.
(4)
Where any application is made on behalf of a minor then —
a reference in section 7 or 8(1)(b) or (2)(c) to the applicant is to be construed as a reference to the guardian and the minor jointly or to either of them severally; and
a reference in section 8(1)(a) or (2)(b) to the applicant is, in any case where the minor is unmarried and the guardian is a relative of the minor, to be construed as a reference to both the guardian and the minor and in every other case is to be construed as a reference to the minor only.
(5)
In subsection (4), “relative” means —
in the case of a legitimate child, any one of his or her parents;
in the case of an adopted child, an adopting parent; and
in the case of an illegitimate child, the mother.
(6)
Where —
an aided person was a minor at the time legal aid was granted to him or her in respect of any proceedings;
such proceedings have not been concluded by the time the aided person attains 21 years of age; and
the aided person wishes to continue receiving legal aid in respect of those proceedings after attaining 21 years of age,the aided person must give to the Director, within the prescribed time after the aided person attains 21 years of age, and in the form and manner required by the Director, a written consent to continue receiving legal aid in respect of those proceedings.
(7)
Every aided person who gives a written consent under subsection (6) is deemed to have made a fresh application for legal aid in that person’s own right.