EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 849 CUTTACK, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019/BAISAKHA 20, 1941

LAW DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 9th May, 2019

S.R.O. No. 170/2019— In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 28 of the

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987), the State Government, in consultation

with the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, do hereby make the following rules further to

amend the Odisha State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1996, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement:— (1) These rules may be called the Odisha

State Legal Services Authority (Amendment) Rules, 2019.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette.

2. In the Odisha State Legal Services Authority Rules, 1996, for rule 16, the

following rule shall be substituted namely:—

“16.(1) Every person whose annual income from all sources does not exceed

three lakh rupees shall be entitled to legal services under clause (h) of

Section 12, if the case is before a Court, other than the Supreme Court.

(2) The ceiling of annual income as mentioned under sub-rule (1) shall not

be applicable to —

(a) transgenders and persons living with HIV or AIDS; and

(b) senior citizens (persons above sixty years of age) ”.

[No. 8627–LSA-01/2019/L.]

By Order of the Governor

SASHIKANTA MISHRA

Principal Secretary to Government

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

Ex. Gaz. 180-173+500