Legal Aid Act 1971 s 29
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s 29 Right to and nature of legal advice
(1) Subject to this Part, legal advice on any matter specified in the Second, Third and Fourth Schedules shall be available to persons resident and present in Malaysia.
(2) Legal advice shall consist of oral advice on legal questions given by the Director General of Legal Aid or a solicitor whose name
is on the appropriate panel of solicitors maintained pursuant to section 5 and shall include help in preparing an application for legal aid and in supplying information required in determining financial resources of the applicant but shall not include advice on any law other than the law of Malaysia.
(3) Provisions may be made by regulations for further defining or restricting the questions on which legal advice may be given and for regulating all matters relating to fees, charges and costs in relation to the giving of legal advice.
(4) A person seeking legal advice shall apply to the Director General of Legal Aid and shall be required—
(a) to satisfy the Director General that he cannot afford to obtain it in the ordinary way; and
(b) to pay to the Director General a fee of two ringgit or such other fee as may be prescribed.
(5) The Minister may by order amend or vary the Fourth Schedule.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Tertaklok kapada Bahagian ini, nasihat guaman Hakmenmengenaï apa? perkara yang di-nyatakan dalam Jadual? dasinat Oredua, Ketiga dan Keempat hendak-lah di-adakan bagi ganjenis orang2 yang bermastautin dan berada dalam Malaysia.
(2) Nasihat guaman hendak-lah terdiri daripada nasihat menyediakan permohonan bantuan guaman dan memberi maklumat yang di-kehendaki bagi menentukan modai boleh-- 1 AA1188/63 guna dan pendapatan bolen-guna pemohon tetapı tıdak-lal termasok nasihat mengenaï mana2 undang2 yang lain dari-sub.AAu8s o
(3) Peruntokan boleh di-buat oleh peratoran2 bagi mentaaritkan atau menyekat soal- yang boleh dı-berı nasınat guaman dan bagi mengatorkan segala perkara berhubong dengan bayaran, chaj dan kos berkenaan dengan memberi me4) Sons kapada frermerai tantsaa guaman dan ia-lak ada-lah di-kehendaki— ,pepes
(a) memuaskan hati/Pengarah bahawa ia tidak mampu mendapatkan bantuan guaman mengikut chara biasa; dan Kefua
(b) membayar kapada /Pengarah bayaran sa-banyak (satu ringgit atau apa2 bayaran lain sa-bagaimana sub-AAll68•3 yang. di-tetapkan.
(5) Peguthegara boleh dengan perentah meminda atau mengubah Jadual Keempat AA9II • AAGS3 ins./AA1183/03 'AHAGIÁNVA-.
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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).
