A-14 - Act respecting legal aid and the provision of certain other legal services

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1. In this Act and the regulations unless the context requires a different meaning the following words and expressions mean:
(a)  (paragraph repealed);
(b)  (paragraph repealed);
(c)  (paragraph repealed);
(d)  Commission : the Commission des services juridiques established by section 11;
(e)  regional legal aid centre or regional centre : a regional centre established under this Act and authorized by the Commission to provide legal aid;
(f)  legal aid centre or centre : a regional legal aid centre or a local centre referred to in paragraph c of section 32;
(g)  legal aid bureau or bureau : a legal aid bureau established by a regional legal aid centre under paragraph a of section 32;
(h)  director general : the director general of a regional legal aid centre;
(i)  (paragraph repealed).
1972, c. 14, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1996, c. 23, s. 2, s. 55; 2010, c. 12, s. 4.
1. In this Act and the regulations unless the context requires a different meaning the following words and expressions mean:
(a)  recipient : a person who receives legal aid;
(b)  person : a natural person or a group of natural persons or a legal person operated without purpose of gain whose members are natural persons financially eligible for legal aid;
(c)  (paragraph repealed);
(d)  Commission : the Commission des services juridiques established by section 11;
(e)  regional legal aid centre or regional centre : a regional centre established under this Act and authorized by the Commission to provide legal aid;
(f)  legal aid centre or centre : a regional legal aid centre or a local centre referred to in paragraph c of section 32;
(g)  legal aid bureau or bureau : a legal aid bureau established by a regional legal aid centre under paragraph a of section 32;
(h)  director general : the director general of a regional legal aid centre;
(i)  regulation : any regulation made under sections 80 and 81.
1972, c. 14, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1996, c. 23, s. 2, s. 55.
1. In this act and the regulations unless the context requires a different meaning the following words and expressions mean:
(a)  recipient : an economically underprivileged person who receives legal aid;
(b)  person : a physical person or a group of persons or a non-profit corporation whose members are economically underprivileged physical persons;
(c)  legal aid : every benefit granted under this act to an economically underprivileged person to facilitate access to the courts, professional services of an advocate or a notary and necessary information concerning his rights and obligations;
(d)  Commission : the Commission des services juridiques established by section 11;
(e)  regional legal aid corporation or regional corporation : a regional corporation established under this act and authorized by the Commission to provide legal aid;
(f)  legal aid corporation or corporation : a regional legal aid corporation or a local corporation contemplated in paragraph c of section 32;
(g)  legal aid bureau or bureau : a legal aid bureau established by a regional legal aid corporation under paragraph a of section 32;
(h)  general manager : the general manager of a regional legal aid corporation;
(i)  regulation : any regulation made under sections 80 and 81.
1972, c. 14, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.