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Section 15 Legal Services Authorities Act — National Legal Aid Fund

The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 · Official PDF page 10

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15. National Legal Aid Fund. —(1) The Central Authority shall establish a fund to b e called the National Legal Aid Fund and there shall be credited thereto —

(a) all sums of money given as grants by the Central Government under section 14;

(b) any grants or donations that may be made to the Central Authority by any other person for the purposes of this Act;

(c) any amount received by the Central Authority under the orders of any court or from any other source.

(2) The National Legal Aid Fund shall be applied for meeting —

(a) the cost of legal services provided under this Act including grants made to State Authorities; 2[( b) the cost of legal services provided by the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee;

(c) any other expenses which are required to be met by the Central Authority.]

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