Legal Aid Act, 2016 🇰🇪

Kenya

Preface

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

3. Object of the Act

4. Guiding principles

Part II – THE NATIONAL LEGAL AID SERVICE

5. Establishment of the National Legal Aid Service

6. Headquarters

7. Functions of the Service

8. Powers of the Service

Part III – ADMINISTRATION

9. Establishment of Board of Service

10. Functions of the Board

11. Powers of the Board

12. Tenure of office

13. Filling of vacancy

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Part IV – MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF THE SERVICE

24. The Director

25. Removal of Director

26. Delegation powers of Director

27. Staff of the Service

28. Common seal of the Service

Part V – THE LEGAL AID FUND

29. Establishment of Legal Aid Fund

30. Application of the Fund

31. Financial Year

32. Annual estimates

33. Investment of funds

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Part VI – LEGAL AID SERVICES

35. General principles of legal aid

36. Persons eligible for legal aid

37. Legal aid not available in certain civil matters

38. Several parties to a suit

39. Alternative dispute resolution

Part VII – APPLICATION FOR LEGAL AID

40. Application for legal aid

41. Persons who may apply for legal aid

42. Persons in lawful custody

43. Duties of the court

44. Decision on application for legal aid

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Part VIII – ACCREDITATION OF LEGAL AID PROVIDERS

56. Provision of legal aid

57. Accreditation criteria

58. Application for accreditation

59. Accreditation of legal aid providers

60. Register of accredited legal aid providers

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Part IX – ENFORCEMENT OF CONDITIONS OF GRANT OF LEGAL AID

69. Terms of provision of funded services

70. Recovery of costs and benefits

71. Enforcement of judgment

Part X – AWARD OF COSTS IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS

72. Liability of aided person for costs

73. Costs against an aided person

74. Aided person not required to provide security for costs

Part XI – PAYMENT FOR LEGAL AID SERVICES

75. Fees payable

76. Claim for payment by legal aid provider

77. Examination and audit of claims by legal aid providers

78. Service to pay approved claims

79. Payment for services

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Part XII – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

82. Disclosure of information

83. Annual report and other reports

84. Legal Aid Guide

85. Offences

86. Provisions on delegated powers

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MEETING AND PROCEDURE OF THE BOARD

1. Meetings

2. Conflict of interest

3. Quorum

4. Voting

5. Rules of procedure and minutes

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Legal Aid Act, 2016

Act 6 of 2016

Assented to on 22 April 2016
Commenced on 10 May 2016
[This is the version of this document from 10 May 2016.]

AN ACT of Parliament to give effect to Articles 19 (2), 48, 50 (2) (g) and (h) of the Constitution to facilitate access to justice and social justice; to establish the National Legal Aid Service; to provide for legal aid, and for the funding of legal aid and for connected purposes.

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Legal Aid Act, 2016.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"accredited paralegal" means a person accredited by the service to provide paralegal services under the supervision of an advocate or an accredited legal aid provider;"advocate" has the meaning assigned thereto in the Advocates Act;"aided person" means a person who is granted legal aid under this Act and includes—(i)a person who is granted legal aid on an interim basis; and(ii)a person whose grant of legal…

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Table of Contents

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Legal Aid Act, 2016

Act 6 of 2016

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

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