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

Section 83.1 Disposition versions

2010-09-07

83.1. In addition to the functions and duties assigned to it by Chapter II, the Commission des services juridiques must see that legal services are provided to the accused in a penal or criminal trial whose right to the services of a State-remunerated advocate, arising from their constitutional right to a fair trial, has been recognized by a court order.

The Commission must also see that such services are provided if a court order concerning the designation of counsel has been made under the Criminal Code (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46), in particular under section 486.3 or 672.24, subsections 8 to 8.2 of section 672.5, section 684 or section 694.1 of that Code.

2010, c. 12, s. 30.