Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Application for legal aid for minor
Subregulation 2
[Deleted by S 400/2019 wef 31/05/2019]
Subregulation 3
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
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
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
For the purposes of section 6(6) of the Act, the prescribed time is 6 months.