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Legal Aid (Amendment) Act 1998

FIJI ISLANDS

LEGAL AID (AMENDMENT) ACT 1998

No. 41 of 1998

I assent.

[L.S.]

K.K.T. MARA
President

[17 September 1998]

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE LEGAL AID ACT

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands-

Short Title

1. This Act may be cited as the Legal Aid (Amendment) Act 1998.

Interpretation

2. Section 3 of the Legal Aid Act 1996 (No. 10 of 1996) is amended in the definition of "Minister" by deleting "Minister for Justice" and substituting "Minister responsible for the administration of this Act, and includes the Attorney-General if he or she is so responsible".

Constitution of Commission

3. Section 5 of the Legal Aid Act 1996 is amended-

(a) by deleting subsection (5);

(b) in subsection (3) by deleting "Attorney-General" and substituting "Minister".

Confidentiality

4. Section 31 of the Legal Aid Act 1996 is amended in paragraph (c) by adding "(if not the Attorney-General)" after "Minister".

Passed by the House of Representatives this 10th day of August 1998.

Passed by the Senate this 7th day of September 1998.

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