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Act Number: 39

Act Name: The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987

Year: 1987

Enactment Date: 1987-10-11

Long Title: An Act to constitute legal services authorities to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organise Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title, extent and commencement.
2 Definitions.
3 Constitution of the National Legal Services Authority.
3A Supreme Court Legal Services Committee.
4 Functions of the Central Authority.
5 Central Authority to work in coordination with other agencies.
6 Constitution of State Legal Services Authority.
7 Functions of the State Authority.
8 State Authority to act in coordination with other agencies, etc., and be subject to directions given by the Central Authority.
8A High Court Legal Services Committee.
9 District Legal Services Authority.
10 Functions of the District Authority.
11 District Authority to act in coordination with other agencies and be subject to directions given by the Central Authority, etc.
11A Taluk Legal Services Committee.
11B Functions of Taluk Legal Services Committee.
12 Criteria for giving legal services.
13 Entitlement of legal services.
14 Grants by the Central Government.
15 National Legal Aid Fund.
16 State Legal Aid Fund.
17 District Legal Aid Fund.
18 Accounts and audit.
19 Organisation of Lok Adalats.
20 Cognizance of cases by Lok Adalats.
21 Award of Lok Adalat.
22 Powers of Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat.
22A Definitions.
22B Establishment of Permanent Lok Adalats.
22C Cognizance of cases by Permanent Lok Adalat.
22D Procedure of Permanent Lok Adalat.
22E Award of Permanent Lok Adalat to be final.
23 Members and staff of Authorities, Committees and Lok Adalats to be public servants.
24 Protection of action taken in good faith.
25 Act to have overriding effect.
26 Power to remove difficulties.
27 Power of Central Government to make rules.
28 Power of State Government to make rules.
29 Power of Central Authority to make regulations.
29A Power of State Authority to make regulations.
30 Laying of rules and regulations
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