Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Legal Aid and Advice (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Legal Aid and Advice Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “aided person” and substituting the following definitions:“ “aided person” means a person who is issued a Grant of Aid and, where such a person is a minor, includes his guardian;“court” means any court, tribunal or adjudicator before which or before whom any proceedings referred to in Part I of the First Schedule are heard;”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “guardian” and substituting the following definitions:“ “Grant of Aid” means the document issued by the Director under section 8(2) stating that legal aid is granted to a person;“guardian”, in relation to a minor, includes any person whom the Director considers might properly be appointed to be the litigation representative of the minor;”; and

(c)

by deleting the definition of “legal aid certificate”.