Legal Aid Act 1971 s 13
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s 13 Application for legal aid in civil cases
(1) (a) Any person who whether in his own right or in a representative capacity desires to be granted legal aid under this Part shall make application in that behalf to the Director General of Legal Aid.
(b) Every such application shall be in the prescribed form and accompanied by a statutory declaration verifying the facts stated in the application.
(2) Where the person who desires to be granted legal aid is an infant the application under this section shall be made on behalf of the infant by his guardian.
(3) Where any application is made on behalf of an infant under subsection (2) then—
(a) a reference in section 14, paragraph 15(2)(a) or 16(1)(a) to an applicant shall be construed as a reference to the guardian and the infant jointly or to either of them severally; and
(b) a reference in paragraph 15(2)(b) or 16(1)(b) to an applicant shall, in any case where the infant is unmarried and the guardian is a near relative (as defined in subsection (4) of this section) of the infant, be construed as a reference to both the guardian and the infant and in every other case shall be construed as a reference to the infant only.
(4) In subsection (3) of this section the expression “near relative” means—
(i) in the case of a legitimate child, the father or the mother;
(ii) in the case of an adopted child, an adopting parent;
(iii) in the case of an illegitimate child, the mother.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) (a) Sa-siapa jua, sama ada atas hak-nya sendiri atau atas sitat-nya sa-bagai wakil, yang berkehendakkan bantuar guaman di-bawah Bahagian ini hendak-lah membuat per. mohonan bagi maksud itu kapada Pengarah Bantuan Guaman.
(b) Tiap2 permohonan itu hendak-lah di-buat dalam orang yang di-tetapkan dan di-sertai dengan suatu akua erkanun mengesahkan nyataan2 yang di-sebutkan dalan permohonan itu.
(2) Jika orang yang berkehendakkan bantuan guaman 1 maka permohonan di-bawah sekshen ini hendak-lah di-buat bagı pehak remaja itu oleh penjaga-nya.
(3) Jika sa-suatu permohonan di-buat bagi pehak sasaorang remaja di-bawah peruntokan2 sekshen-kechil (2) sekshen ini maka—
(a) sebutan dalam sekshen 14 atau dalam sekshen 15
(2) (a) atau sekshen 16 (1) (a) mengenaï sa-saorang
[Bhg. IV, S. 13-14]
(b) sebutan dalam sekshen 15 (2) (b) atau sekshen 16
(1) (b) sa-bagaimana di-ubahsuai oleh-sekshen 17 (2) d/AA118S mengenai sa-saorang pemohon hendak-lah,, jika remaja itu tidak beristeri atau tidak bersuami dar sa-orang saudara dekat (sadi-taarif dalam sekshen-kechil (4) sekshen ini) bagi remaja itu, di-tafsirkan sa-bagai sebutan mengenaï kedua? penjaga dan remaja itu dan, jika lain daripada itu, hendak-lah di-tafsirkan sa-bagai sebutan mengenai remaja itu sahaja.
(4) Dalam sekshen-kechil (3) sekshen ini perbahasaan "saudara dekat"-
(i) mengenaï sa-saorang anak dalam-nikah, erti-nya bapa atau ibu-nya;
(11) mengenai sa-saorang anak angkat, erti-nya bapa atau ibu yang mengambil-nya sa-bagai anak angkat;
(iii) mengenaï sa-saorang anak luar-nikahi, erti-nya ibunya.
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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).
