### Legal Aid Ordinance 《法律援助條例》

16B. Benefits afforded to aided persons
Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, where a person receives legal aid in connection with any proceedings—
(a) the expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings, so far as they would ordinarily be paid in the first instance by or on behalf of the solicitor assigned to act for him, shall be so paid, except in the case of those paid directly by the Director, and the expenses paid by the solicitor shall be refunded to him by the Director;
(b) his counsel and solicitor shall be paid by the Director in accordance with section 20;
(c) he shall not be liable in respect of proceedings to which the certificate relates for court fees or for fees payable for the service of process or for any fees due to the bailiff in connection with the execution of process, but for the purposes of any order or agreement of costs made in his favour with respect to the proceedings such costs shall be deemed to have been paid by him and sections 19, 19A(1) and 19B(1)(b) shall apply accordingly; (Amended 79 of 1995 s. 50)
(d) the Director shall, on his behalf, be entitled to be supplied free of charge with a transcript of the evidence in any proceedings to which the certificate relates and, in the event of there being any other relevant proceedings, with a transcript of the relevant evidence in such other proceedings and also, if such other proceedings are criminal proceedings, of the judge’s summing up in such other proceedings; (Amended 27 of 1991 s. 10; 79 of 1995 s. 50)
(e) he may be required to make a contribution to the Director;
(f) his liability for costs shall be determined in accordance with section 16C.
(Added 54 of 1984 s. 14)

### Legal Aid Ordinance 《法律援助條例》

17. Court may order payment of costs by aided person in certain event
(1) Where it appears to a court or judge that a legal aid certificate has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, the court or judge may order the aided person to pay the costs of the Director and of the counsel and solicitor who acted for him or the costs of the other party, or the costs of the Director and such counsel and solicitor and such party.
(2) In subsection (1) a reference to an aided person (受助人) shall include, in any case where the legal aid certificate has been revoked or discharged before the making of the order, the person who immediately before such revocation or discharge was the aided person. (Amended 27 of 1967 s. 3)
(3) Where it appears to a court or judge that an aided person has acted improperly in bringing or defending any legal proceedings or in the conduct of them, the court or judge may order the aided person to pay the costs of the Director and of the counsel or solicitor who acted for him or the costs of the other party, or the costs of the Director and such counsel and solicitor and such party.
(4) Where an order is made under subsection (1) or (3), the costs shall be taxed as if the party ordered to pay them were not an aided person.
(5) The costs so ordered to be paid shall, unless otherwise directed by the order, include fees and charges of the nature referred to in section 16B(c) and (d). (Amended 54 of 1984 s. 15)
(6) In this section, court (法院) includes the Court of Final Appeal. (Added 79 of 1995 s. 50)

### Legal Aid Ordinance 《法律援助條例》

18. Contributions by aided person
(1) An aided person shall pay to the Director a contribution—
(a) where legal aid has been granted to him under the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme, in accordance with section 32; and
(b) in any other case, if so required by the Director, towards the sums that may be or become payable on his account by the Director. (Replaced 54 of 1984 s. 16)
(2) Any contribution payable by an aided person to the Director under this Ordinance shall be a debt due to the Director and shall be paid in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) If the total contribution paid by an aided person is more than the net liability of the Director on his account within the meaning of section 18A(2), the excess shall be repaid to him: (Amended 54 of 1984 s. 16)
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply to a contribution payable under section 32. (Added 54 of 1984 s. 16)
(Replaced 60 of 1981 s. 2)

### Legal Aid Ordinance 《法律援助條例》

18B. Security for costs
In any case in which an aided person is obliged to furnish security for costs, the Director may provide such security out of funds in his control which are available for that purpose: (Amended 54 of 1984 s. 18)
Provided that where legal aid has been granted to an aided person under the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme any such security shall be provided out of the Fund. (Added 54 of 1984 s. 18)(Added 14 of 1982 s. 12)

19. Award of costs
(1) A court or the Court of Final Appeal may make an order for costs in favour of or against an aided person in the same manner and to the same extent as it may make an order for costs in favour of or against any other person but such an order may only be enforced against the aided person and the Director to the extent permitted by section 16C. (Amended 54 of 1984 s. 19; 79 of 1995 s. 50)
(1A) (a) Where a court or the Court of Final Appeal makes an order for costs in favour of an aided person, there also shall be payable by the person against whom the order for costs is made the court fees and other fees and charges which, but for section 16B(c) and (d), would have been payable by the aided person. (Amended 14 of 1982 s. 13; 54 of 1984 s. 19; 79 of 1995 s. 50)
(b) Any court fees and other fees and charges which become payable to an aided person under paragraph (a) shall be paid to the Director, who alone shall be capable of giving a good discharge therefor. (Added 9 of 1968 s. 2)
(2) (Repealed 54 of 1984 s. 19)(3) (Repealed 79 of 1995 s. 50)(Amended 27 of 1967 s. 4)