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Legal Services Authorities Act
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.
| Act Id | 198739 |
| Act Number | 39 |
| Enactment Date | 1987-10-11 |
| Act Year | 1987 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Enforcement Date | 09-11-1995 |
- PRELIMINARY
- THE NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY
- STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY
- 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
- ENTITLEMENT TO LEGAL SERVICES
- FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
- LOK ADALATS
- PRE--LITIGATION CONCILIATION AND SETTLEMENT
- MISCELLANEIOUS
- 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 regulation
