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Please refer to this link for information on the appointment of a Deputy under the Mental Capacity Act.If you require legal aid or advice, you can come to the Bureau during our office hours to make an application. Please bring along your Identity Card for the registration. Alternatively, you can make an online application here.
If you win the case, the Court may order costs to be paid by the opposing party to the Director of Legal Aid.
Legally aided persons will usually not be ordered by the Court to pay costs if you lose the case. However, there may be situations in which the Court may order you to pay costs. For example, if the Court decides that you have obtained legal aid through fraud or misrepresentation or that you have acted improperly in the conduct of your Court proceedings, it may order you to pay costs to the opposing party.
Legal aid is available to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents who are resident and present in Singapore, as well as citizens or residents of contracting states who are involved in applications under The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
If you are below the age of 21, your guardian (e.g. your parent) must apply on your behalf.
No. After your legal aid application, you will need to pass the Means Test and then have your statement taken. After your statement is taken, LAB will need to investigate your case and assess if legal aid should be granted to you. LAB will assess if you have reasonable grounds for bringing or defending a case in Court (“the Merits Test”), after we get a thorough understanding of your case.
You will be informed on whether you have been granted legal aid once the decision has been made.
Legal Advice CaseIf you register for a legal advice case online, you are required to do the Means Test online. If you attend at the Bureau to register for a legal advice case, you are required to do the Means Test at the Bureau’s registration counter.Legal Aid/Assistance CaseIf you register for a legal aid or legal assistance case online, you are required to attend at the Bureau within the next 2 working days to do a preliminary Means Test at the registration counter. After you have passed the preliminary Means Test, you will be given a Means Test appointment for your means to be formally assessed.If you attend at the Bureau to register for a legal aid or legal assistance case, you are required to do a preliminary Means Test at the registration counter. After you have passed the preliminary Means Test, you will be given a Means Test appointment for your means to be formally assessed.
Please refer to this link for information on bankruptcy proceedings.If you require legal aid or advice, you can come to the Bureau during our office hours to make an application. Please bring along your Identity Card for the registration.
Please refer to this link for information on the procedures for filing a divorce at the Family Justice Courts.Please refer to this link for information on the procedures for filing a divorce at the Syariah Court.If you require legal aid or advice, you can come to the Bureau during our office hours to make an application. Please bring along your Identity Card for the registration. Alternatively, you can make an online application here if your matter is regarding filing a divorce at the Family Justice Courts.If you are a minor (i.e. a person below 21 years of age), your parent or guardian must apply on your behalf.
You can come to the Bureau to sign a withdrawal form.
Alternatively, you can write to us with your reasons for withdrawal. Please include your name, NRIC No. and case reference number so that we can trace your case file.