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91 PDFTitle:LEGAL AID ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:18Heading:Contributions by aided personVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) An aided person shall pay to the Director a contribution-

        (a) where legal aid has been granted to him under the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme, in accordance with section 32; and
        (b) in any other case, if so required by the Director, towards the sums that may be or become payable on his account by the Director. (Replaced 54 of 1984 s. 16)
(2) Any contribution payable by an aided person to the Director under this Ordinance shall be a debt due to the Director and shall be paid in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) If the total contribution paid by an aided person is more than the net liability of the Director on his account within the meaning of section 18A(2), the excess shall be repaid to him: (Amended 54 of 1984 s. 16)
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply to a contribution payable under section 32. (Added 54 of 1984 s. 16)
(Replaced 60 of 1981 s. 2)