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Cap. 12 · Code Of Organization And Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)

Cap. 12 Art. 920Personwithbenefit of legal aid to be exempt from payment of fees, etc.

Title X

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(1) The person admitted to proceed with the benefit of legal aid shall be exempt from the payment of all fees and from giving security for costs; but the plaintiff, or the defendant setting up a counter-claim, as the case may be, shall give a juratory caution to pay the costs, if able to do so, to the opposite party, in case it shall be so adjudged.

(2) Where the party proceeding with the benefit of legal aid is cast in costs, it shall in no case be lawful for the registrar to claim from the successful party the fees due to the registry.

Amendment history
  • Amended by XXIII.1971.47