ODISHA STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2019

PREAMBLE

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 28 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987), the State Government, in consultation with the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, do hereby make the following rules further to amend the Odisha State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1996, namely:

Rule - 1. Short title and commencement.

(1)     These rules may be called the Odisha State Legal Services Authority (Amendment) Rules, 2019.

(2)     They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette.

Rule - 2.

In the Odisha State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1996, for rule 16, the following rule shall be substituted namely:

"16. (1) Every person whose annual income from all sources does not exceed three lakh rupees shall be entitled to legal services under clause (h) of Section 12, if the case is before a Court, other than the Supreme Court.

(2) The ceiling of annual income as mentioned under sub-rule (1) shall not be applicable to

(a)      transgenders and persons living with HIV or AIDS; and

(b)      senior citizens (persons above sixty years of age) ".