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s 22 Deposit in respect of out of pocket expenses
(1) The Director General of Legal Aid may require any applicant for legal aid under this Part or any person to whom a legal aid certificate has been granted under section 15, 16 or 16A to deposit with him such amounts at such times as the Director General may think fit to be used in or towards meeting out of pocket expenses (not including office expenses) incurred in connection with the application or with any proceedings to which the application or the legal aid certificate relates.
(2) Any amount so deposited shall be used for the payment of such out of pocket expenses and any part of any such amount not so expended shall be refunded.
(3) In any case where the Director General is satisfied that the making of a deposit under subsection (1) of this section would occasion hardship, the Director General may, out of moneys provided for the purpose from time to time, meet any out of pocket expenses (not including office expenses) or make such payments to meet such out of pocket expenses as he may consider necessary.
(4) Any payment so made shall be used only for payment of such out of pocket expenses and any part of such amount not so expended shall be refunded to the Director General of Legal Aid.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1)/Pengarah Bantuan Guaman boleh menghendaki Deposit mana? pemohon bantuan guaman di-bawah Bahagian ini atau mana2 orang yang telah di-beri suatu perakuan bantuan . luar jangka. guaman di-bawah sekshen 15ymendepositkan kapada-nya ll6. atuu lbA a-lumlan wang pada blla- masa yang di-iikirkan patut ole Pengarah untok di-gunakan bagi membayar perbelanjaa luar-jangka (tidak termasok perbelanjaan pejabat) yang dilakukan berhubong dengan permohonan itu atau dengan apa2 pembicharaan yang di-maksudkan oleh permohonansyo. Aлhb8/oз itu atau oleh perakuan bantuan guaman itu.
[Bhg. IV, S. 22-23]
(2) Apa2 jumlah wang yang di-depositkan sa-demikian hendak-lah di-gunakan hanya bagi membayar perbelanjaan luar-jangka itu dan mana2 bahagian daripada wang itu yang tidak di-belanjakan sa-demikian hendak-lalı di-pulangkan kapada pemohon.
(3) Jika/Pengarah berpuashati bahawa deposit yang dikehendaki di-bawah sekshen-kechil (1) sekshen ini akan E4b.AA1188/03 Mahkamab boleh memerentab pembayaran kos oleh orang2 yang di-bantu dalam sasuatu hal. seto-AALI EB(a) bagi membayar apa- perbelanjaan luar-jangka så-bagaimana yang di-fikirkan-nya perlu.
(4) Apa? pembayaran yang di-buat sa-demikian hendaklah dı-gunakan hanya bagi membayar perbelanjaan luarjangka itu can mana- bahagian daripada wang itu yang tidak di-belanjakan sa-demikian hendak-lah di-pulangkan kapada Pengarah Bantuan Guaman.
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).
