Clause 3

The Minister may appoint a person to be the Director of Legal Aid and may also appoint such number of Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors of Legal Aid as he may consider necessary for the proper carrying out of this Act.

No person shall be appointed to be or to act temporarily as the Director, a Deputy Director or an Assistant Director of Legal Aid unless he is a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act [Cap. 161] or is a solicitor.

Notwithstanding any provision of any written law to the contrary, the Director and every Deputy Director or Assistant Director of Legal Aid shall, for the purposes of this Act, have the right to appear and plead in all courts of justice in Singapore according to the law in force in such courts.

The Director and every Deputy Director or Assistant Director of Legal Aid shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code [Cap. 224].