Section 36Part 5 — GENERAL
Revocation and discharge of legal aid certificate
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Where the Director is satisfied that an assisted person has wilfully failed to comply with any provision of this Law or the regulations as to information to be supplied by him, or in furnishing such information has wilfully or recklessly made a false statement or false representation, he may, if he thinks fit —
where such act or omission took place prior to the grant of the certificate, revoke the certificate ab initio; or
where the act or omission took place after the grant of the certificate, discharge the certificate with effect from the date when the act or omission occurred.
If on account of information received by him from any source an assigned attorney-at-law is at any time of the opinion that, by reason of a change in the circumstances of the assisted person, the continued extension of legal aid to the assisted person can or may no longer be justified, he shall —
inform the Director by notice in writing of the facts so far as they are known to him, specifying to the best of his ability the time when the change occurred; and
give a copy of the notice to the assisted person.
Upon receipt of a notice under subsection (2), the Director may adjudge that such a change has occurred, determine the date on which it occurred and discharge the certificate.
The Director shall not exercise any of his powers under subsection (1) or (3) until the assisted person has been given an opportunity to show cause why the certificate should not be revoked or discharged.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the revocation or discharge of a certificate shall not affect the right of an assigned attorney-at-law to receive remuneration under this Law in respect of any work done by him which is included within the scope of that certificate before the revocation or discharge thereof took effect.
Notice of revocation or discharge of a legal aid certificate shall forthwith be given in writing to the Clerk of the Court, the assisted person and the assigned attorney-at-law.
The Attorney General may, by action in any court of competent jurisdiction, recover from an assisted person whose certificate has been revoked or discharged, for the benefit of the Government, any amount which has been paid in consequence of the grant of that certificate, with effect, in the case of revocation, from the date of the grant and, in the case of discharge, from the date of the discharge.