Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of Legal Aid and Advice (Amendment) Bill

Clause 15

Repeal and re-enactment of section 18

Section 18 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Appeal by aided persons18.—

(1)

Where —

(a)

a Grant of Aid has been filed in any court, and the proceedings to which the Grant of Aid relates have been heard in that court; and

(b)

the aided person desires to prosecute any appeal therefrom,the aided person must make a fresh application for legal aid to the Director in respect of that matter, and the conditions for the issue of the Grant of Aid set out in section 8 shall apply.(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to an appeal in respect of any interlocutory matter in any proceedings.”.