A-14, r. 4 - Regulation respecting the application of the Act respecting legal aid and the provision of certain other legal services

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69. An application for legal aid must be made to the local centre certified under the Act or at the legal aid bureau nearest the applicant’s place of residence or at the legal aid bureau of the judicial district in which the legal proceeding for which the applicant wishes to receive legal services is being conducted. It may also be made with any centre or legal aid bureau if the applicant gives reasons for not applying to the local centre or bureau nearest his or her place of residence. The certificate may then be given by the bureau or local centre to which application was made or by another bureau or local centre if the director general decides that it would be in the applicant’s best interest to do so.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-14, r. 1, s. 69; O.C. 1453-97, s. 31; O.C. 957-2013, s. 1; O.C. 1766-2022, s. 1.
69. An application for legal aid must be made to the local centre certified under the Act or at the legal aid bureau nearest the applicant’s place of residence. It may also be made with any centre or legal aid bureau if the applicant gives reasons for not applying to the local centre or bureau nearest his or her place of residence. The certificate may then be given by the bureau or local centre to which application was made or by another bureau or local centre if the director general decides that it would be in the applicant’s best interest to do so.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-14, r. 1, s. 69; O.C. 1453-97, s. 31; O.C. 957-2013, s. 1.
69. Other place of application: An application for legal aid may be made to any legal aid centre or bureau and the applicant must then justify his reason for not applying to the local centre or bureau nearest his place of residence. The certificate shall then be given by the local bureau or centre to which application was made, or by another local bureau or centre, if the director general decides that it would be in the applicant’s best interest so to do.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-14, r. 1, s. 69; O.C. 1453-97, s. 31.