Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962
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Legal aid (District Court) certificate. |
2.—(1) If it appears to the District Court— | |
(a) that the means of a person charged before it with an offence are insufficient to enable him to obtain legal aid, and | ||
(b) that by reason of the gravity of the charge or of exceptional circumstances it is essential in the interests of justice that he should have legal aid in the preparation and conduct of his defence before it, | ||
the Court shall, on application being made to it in that behalf, grant in respect of him a certificate for free legal aid (in this Act referred to as a legal aid (District Court) certificate) and thereupon he shall be entitled to such aid and to have a solicitor and (where he is charged with murder and the Court thinks fit) counsel assigned to him for that purpose in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations under section 10 of this Act. | ||
(2) A decision of the District Court in relation to an application under this section shall be final and shall not be appealable. |