• Legal Aid South Africa Act, 2014 (Act No. 39 of 2014)
    • Notice No. 1013 of 2014
    • Act
    • Chapter 1 : Definitions
      • 1. Definitions
    • Chapter 2 : Legal Aid South Africa
      • 2. Establishment of Legal Aid South Africa and its relationship with Board
      • 3. Objects of Legal Aid South Africa
      • 4. Powers, functions and duties of Board
      • 5. Independence and impartiality of Legal Aid South Africa
      • 6. Composition and appointment of Board
      • 7. Qualification for membership of Board
      • 8. Chairperson and deputy chairperson
      • 9. Term of appointment
      • 10. Termination of membership of Board
      • 11. Meetings of Board
      • 12. Quorum and procedure
      • 13. Committees of Board
      • 14. Delegation of powers and assignment of duties or functions of Board
    • Chapter 3 : Performance of Administrative Work of Legal Aid South Africa
      • 15. Appointment of chief executive officer
      • 16. Functions of chief executive officer
    • Chapter 4 : Support Structure of Legal Aid South Africa
      • 17. Employees and agents of Legal Aid South Africa
      • 18. Terms and conditions of employment of employees
      • 19. Protection of client privilege in certain circumstances
      • 20. Recovery of costs by Legal Aid South Africa
      • 21. Finances of Legal Aid South Africa
    • Chapter 5 : General Provisions
      • 22. Provision of legal aid by direction of courts in criminal matters
      • 23. Regulations
      • 24. Legal Aid Manual
      • 25. Amendment or repeal of laws
      • 26. Transitional arrangements
      • 27. Short title and commencement
    • Schedule
      • Laws Amended or Repealed
  • Regulations
    • Notice No. R. 745 of 2017
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. General policy
    • 3. Criminal matters
    • 4. Witnesses
    • 5. Extradition
    • 6. Criminal appeals
    • 7. Bail applications
    • 8. Court order
    • 9. Civil matters
    • 10. Civil cases for protection of constitutional rights
    • 11. Limitation and exclusion of civil legal aid
    • 12. Civil appeals
    • 13. Maintenance, domestic violence and harassment cases
    • 14. Labour cases
    • 15. Divorce and family law cases
    • 16. Legal aid for specialist or expert advice
    • 17. Land rights
    • 18. Cases relating to the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, 1996, the Extension of Security Tenure Act, 1997 and Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, 1988
    • 19. Asylum seekers
    • 20. Hague Convention cases
    • 21. Equality Court cases
    • 22. Civil matters involving children
    • 23. Other legislation requiring legal representation for children
    • 24. Types of Children's Act matters where legal representation can be ordered in terms of section 55 of the Children's Act
    • 25. Matters relating to the Mental Health Care Act, 2002
    • 26. Commissions of Inquiry
    • 27. Qualifying for legal aid and means test
    • 28. Amounts included or excluded for legal aid qualification
    • 29. No right to choose legal practitioner
    • 30. Exceeding the means test and discretion
    • 31. Partially subsidized legal aid
    • 32. Contributions by legal aid recipient
    • 33. Termination of legal aid
    • 34. Refusal of legal aid
    • 35. Impact legal services
    • 36. Medical, travelling and witness costs
    • 37. Receipt of monies after legal aid instruction
    • 38. Payment of financial benefit to Legal Aid South Africa
    • 39. Transitional provision
    • 40. Commencement