Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1973
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Extension of legal aid. |
3.—(1) The provision for legal aid made by section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962 , for a person charged before the District Court with an offence shall extend to all proceedings under Part II of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 . | |
(2) The provision for legal aid made by sections 3 and 4 of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962 , shall, in relation to a person sent forward for sentence under section 13 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , extend to the proceedings in the court to which he is sent forward and to any appeal against sentence as if he had been returned for trial and, for this purpose, the proceedings in the said court shall be deemed to be a trial on indictment. | ||
(3) Section 19 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , is hereby repealed. |