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s 12 General conditions of legal aid in civil actions
(1) Civil proceedings in connection with which legal aid may be given are any proceedings of a description specified in the Third Schedule.
(2) The Minister may by order amend or vary the Third Schedule.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and sections 15 and 16, where the Minister is satisfied that in any particular case of hardship it is in the interests of justice so to do, he may authorize the Director General to give legal aid in connection with any proceedings, whether or not of a description specified in the Third Schedule.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Pembicharaan2 sivil yang boleh di-beri bantuan guaman ia-lah apa2 perihal pembicharaan yang di-nyatakan dalam Jadual Ketiga. Menten
(2)/(Peguam Negara boleh dengan perentah meminda atau mengübah Jadual Ketiga.
Text as at 1 November 2013 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
