Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Application for legal aid
(1)
Any person who (whether in his own right or in a representative capacity) desires to be granted legal aid shall make application in that behalf to the Director; and every such application shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration verifying the facts stated in the application and a fee of $1 (inclusive of goods and services tax) or such other fee as may be prescribed.
(2)
Where the person who desires to be granted legal aid is an infant, the application shall be made on behalf of the infant by his guardian.
(3)
Where any application is made on behalf of an infant then —
a reference in section 7 or in section 8(2)(a) to the applicant shall be construed as a reference to the guardian and the infant jointly or to either of them severally; and
a reference in section 8(2)(b) or in the Second Schedule to the applicant shall, in any case where the infant is unmarried and the guardian is a relative of the infant, be construed as a reference to both the guardian and the infant and in every other case shall be construed as a reference to the infant only.
(4)
In subsection (3), “relative” means —
in the case of a legitimate child, any one of his parents;
in the case of an adopted child, an adopting parent; and
in the case of an illegitimate child, the mother.