LEGAL S!RVICPS AIJ'.I~IIJIRI'I~ UNION TIRRITORY. CHAHDI-·"NOTD' lCAT10 — Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987

Publillned LEGAL S!RVICPS AIJ'.I~IIJIRI'I~ UNION TIRRITORY. CHAHDI-·"NOTD' lCAT10 The 20th April. 998. confe,rnld y / 8/$8.--1n ex rd·· of the po of the LecjJal SerY10 19S7). the Legal Serv1e Chan419arh. her y malt .. 1ona. namelya- o ·· All1ttlOr ," .( a) · ~ct · . means the Legal Services Authorities Act, No.39 of 1987) as amended from time to time. '.Aided person' means a person to whom legal aid, . (e) 'Central Authority' means the National Legal Services Authority constituted under Section 3 of the Legal. Services Autho~ities Act,19B7. (d) 'Chairman' means the Chairman of the District Authority, (e) 'Chief Justice' means the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High. Court I .. (f) 'court' means a civil, driminal or revenue court and includes any tribunal or any . " : i other authority constituted under any law. for the time being in force, to exercise jUdicial or quasijUdicial functionsl (g) 'District Authority" means the District Legal services Authority constituted under Section 9 of the Legal Services Authorities Act,19B71 (h) , Executive Chairman' means the EXecutive Chairman of the State AuthoritYI (i) 'High court' means the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarhl (j) 'Legal Practitioner' shall have the meaning as assigned to the expression in the Advocates Act, 19611 (k) 'Legal service' includes rendering of any service in the conduct of any case or other . legal proceeding before any court or other authority or Tribunal and giving of advice on any legal matterl 'Lok Adalat' means a Lok Adalat organised under Chapter VI of ' the Act of,19871 (m) 'Memb"er' means a member of the State Authority or District Authority. as the case may bel (n) 'Member Secretary' means ,'the Member Secretary of the State Authority, ( 0 ) , Nominated mernb er ' means a manb