Malaysia legislation
Section 32
Section 32
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations made under that subsection may provide for any or all of the following matters:
(a)
fees, charges and costs in relation to proceedings to which an aided person or a person to whom legal aid is supplied under this Act is a party and the remission of any such fees or charges;
(b)
the recovery of sums due in respect of legal aid and for making effective the charge created by this Act on property recovered or preserved for a person receiving legal aid, including provision—
(i)
for the enforcement of any order or agreement for costs made in favour of a person who has received legal aid; and
(ii)
for making a solicitor’s right to payment wholly or partly dependent on his performance of any duties imposed on him by regulation made for the purposes of this paragraph;
(c)
any provision necessary to meet the special circumstances where—
(i)
a person seeks legal aid in a matter of special urgency;
(ii)
a person begins to receive legal aid after having consulted a solicitor in the ordinary way with respect to the same matter, or ceases to receive legal
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aid before the matter in question is finally settled;
and
(iii)
there is any relevant change of circumstances while a person is receiving legal aid;
(ca) to regulate the practice and procedure of mediation;
(cb) to regulate the practice and procedure of legal companion services; and
(d)
any other matter for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the provisions of this Act.
Repeal