Section 12
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Section 12
(1)
Civil proceedings in connection with which legal aid may be given are any proceedings of a description specified in the Third
Schedule.
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(2)
The Minister may by order amend or vary the Third Schedule.
(3)
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 so to do, he may authorize the Director General to give legal aid in connection with any proceedings, whether or not of a description specified in the Third Schedule.