Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

of Legal Aid and Advice Regulations

Regulation 4

Application for legal aid for minor

Amended byS 355/2013 wef 01/07/2013S 355/2013 wef 01/07/2013S 309/2007 wef 01/07/2007S 355/2013 wef 01/07/2013S 400/2019 wef 31/05/2019S 235/2024 wef 31/12/2021

Subregulation 2

[Deleted by S 400/2019 wef 31/05/2019]

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 355/2013 wef 01/07/2013

The Director shall not issue a Grant of Aid to an applicant who is applying for it on behalf of a minor unless the applicant has signed an undertaking to pay to the Director (if called upon to do so) any sum which, by virtue of any provision of the Act or these Regulations, the Director may require an aided person of full age and capacity to pay upon the issue or during the currency or upon cancellation of the Grant of Aid.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 355/2013 wef 01/07/2013

Any Grant of Aid referred to in this regulation shall be in the name of the minor and shall also state the name of the person who applied for the Grant on behalf of the minor.

Subregulation 5

Amended byS 309/2007 wef 01/07/2007S 355/2013 wef 01/07/2013

In any matter relating to the issue, amendment or cancellation of a Grant of Aid issued under this regulation, and in any other matter which may arise as between an aided person and the Director, the person by whom the minor has applied for the Grant shall be treated for all purposes (including the receipt of documents) as the agent of the minor.

Subregulation 6

Amended byS 400/2019 wef 31/05/2019S 235/2024 wef 31/12/2021

For the purposes of section 6(6) of the Act, the prescribed time is 6 months.