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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 26 of Legal Profession Law

English translation

The Lawyers Association must, at the request of the Judicial Aid Committee or the court, appoint a lawyer before the civil, criminal, or commercial courts to defend the poor person free of charge. The lawyer may request that the court before which he appeared assess his fees against the opposing party ordered to pay the costs, and enforcement shall be carried out against that party for those fees. The said lawyer may not withdraw from representing him reasons accepted by the said committee or the court before which the case is being heard.
Arabic original
يجب على جمعية المحامين بناء على طلب لجنة المعونة القضائية أو المحكمة أن تنتدب أمام المحاكم المدنية أو الجزائية أو التجارية محاميا للدفاع عن الفقير مجانا ويجوز للمحامي أن يطلب من المحكمة التي حضر أمامها تقدير أتعابه ضد الخصم المحكوم عليه بالمصروفات وينفذ عليه بها ولا يسوغ للمحامي المذكور أن يتنحى عنه الاسباب تقبلها اللجنة المذكورة أو المحكمة المنظورة أمامها الدعوى.

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