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Section 17 Legal Services Authorities Act — District Legal Aid Fund

The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 · Official PDF page 11

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17. District Legal Aid Fund. —(1) Every District Authority shall establish a fund t o be called the District Legal Aid Fund and there shall be credited thereto —

(a) all sums of money paid or any grants made by the State Authority to the District Authority for the purposes of this Act; 2[( b) any grants or donations that may be made to the D istrict Authority by any person, with the prior approval of the State Authority, for the purposes of this Act;]

(c) anyother amount received by the District Authorit y under the orders of any court or from any other source.

(2) A District Legal Aid Fund shall be applied for meeting —

(a) the cost of functions referred to in section 10 3[and 11B];

(b) any other expenses which are required to be met by the District Authority.

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