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Bare Act · 40 sections

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (Legal Aid)

Chapter I — Preliminary

  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions

Chapter II — The National Legal Services Authority

  1. 3. Constitution of the National Legal Services Authority
  2. 3A. Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
  3. 4. Functions of the Central Authority
  4. 5. Central Authority to work in coordination with other agencies

Chapter III — State Legal Services Authority

  1. 6. Constitution of State Legal Services Authority
  2. 7. Functions of the State Authority
  3. 8. State Authority to act in coordination with other agencies., etc., and be subject to directions given by the Central Authority
  4. 8A. High Court Legal Services Committee
  5. 9. District Legal Services Authority
  6. 10. Functions of the District Authority
  7. 11. District Authority to act in coordination with other agencies and be subject to directions given by the Central Authority, etc
  8. 11A. Taluk Legal Services Committee
  9. 11B. Functions of Taluk Legal Services Committee

Chapter IV — Entitlement to Legal Services

  1. 12. Criteria for giving legal services
  2. 13. Entitlement of legal services

Chapter V — Finance, Accounts and Audit

  1. 14. Grants by the Central Government
  2. 15. National Legal Aid Fund
  3. 16. State Legal Aid Fund
  4. 17. District Legal Aid Fund
  5. 18. Accounts and audit

Chapter VI — Lok a Dalats

  1. 19. Organisation of Lok Adalats
  2. 20. Cognizance of cases by Lok Adalats
  3. 21. Award of Lok Adalat
  4. 22. Powers of 2 [Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat

Chapter VIA — Pre-litigation Conciliation and Settlement

  1. 22A. Definitions
  2. 22B. Establishment of Permanent Lok Adalats
  3. 22C. Cognizance of cases by Permanent Lok Adalat
  4. 22D. Procedure of Permanent Lok Adalat
  5. 22E. Award of Permanent Lok Adalat to be final

Chapter VII — Miscellaneous

  1. 23. Members and staff of Authorities, Committees and Lok Adalats to be public servants
  2. 24. Protection of action taken in good faith
  3. 25. Act to have overriding effect
  4. 26. Power to remove difficulties
  5. 27. Power of Central Government to make rules
  6. 28. Power of State Government to make rules
  7. 29. Power of Central Authority to make regulations
  8. 29A. Power of State Authority to make regulations
  9. 30. Laying of rules and regulations

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