Chapter:	91	Title:	LEGAL AID ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	5AA	Heading:	Director may waive upper limit of means test	Version Date:	30/06/1997

The Director may waive the limit of financial resources imposed under section 5(1) where the Director is satisfied that, having regard to the matters set out in section 10(3), a person would be granted a legal aid certificate in proceedings in which a breach of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap 383) or an inconsistency with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as applied to Hong Kong is an issue.