Section 10

The Minister may by order amend or vary the Second Schedule.

Notwithstanding subsection (1) and sections 15 and 16, where the Minister is satisfied that in any particular case of hardship it is in the interests of justice to do so, he may authorize, in writing, the

Director General to give legal aid in connection with any proceedings, whether or not of a description specified in the Second Schedule.

Any person may at any time within fourteen days after the committal under the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593], charge or conviction before or by any court, apply in writing in the prescribed form to the judge by whom the order was made or before whom the person was charged, or to the Director General, for legal aid for his defence or for the preparation and conduct of his appeal, as the case may be.

Where the Public Prosecutor has lodged notice of appeal against any judgment, sentence or order pronounced by any court, the respondent may make application to the judge by whom the judgment, sentence or order was made, or to the Director General, for legal aid resisting the appeal.

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Every application under this section shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration verifying the facts stated in the application.

The judge before whom the person appears on a charge shall inform such person of his right to apply for legal aid under this Part.

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