Mondays to Fridays
8.30am to 12.30pm
2.00pm to 5.00pm
Saturdays
8.30am to 12.30pm
Briefly, to qualify for legal aid,
a) you have to be a Singapore Citizen or a Singapore Permanent Resident and is present in Singapore;
b) you have to satisfy the “Means Test”. Your disposable income, that is, your income for the past 12 months before the date of application for legal aid and after deducting prescribed allowances, must not exceed $10,000/-, and your disposable capital must not exceed $10,000/-; and
(c) there must be merits in your case (the ”Merits Test”)
If you do not satisfy the Means Test but are facing hardship, the Director of Legal Aid may extend legal aid to you (subject to the requirements of the Merits Test) if:
1. You satisfy certain statutory provisions; and
2. It appears to him in his absolute discretion to be reasonable to do so to relieve hardship.