The Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) ("LAC")
"Through the centuries of war, social
inequality and man's inhumanity to man, there has been echoed
the vow that justice should be available to all who seek it
- irrespective of cost."
Blueprint for Justice International Legal Aid Association
"All persons are equal before the law
and entitled to the equal protection of the law"
Article 8, the Federal Constitution of
Malaysia
However, equality before the law is meaningless without equal
access to the law, regardless of financial circumstances.
Legal Aid aims to provide equal access to the law, particularly
for deserving persons; and further to promote legal awareness
and empowerment of the public. Specifically, to comply with
the Legal Profession Act, 1976, the Malaysian Bar Council
launched the Legal Aid Scheme in 1983 in order to implement
three purposes:
upholding justice
acting in the public interest; and
representing the needy.
These purposes are described more fully
as: "To uphold the cause of justice without regard
to its own interests or that of its members, uninfluenced
by fear or favour"
"To protect and assist the public in all matters
touching ancillary or incidental to the law"; and
"To make provision for or assist in the promotion
of a scheme whereby impecunious persons may be represented
by advocates and solicitors".
Sections 42(1)(a),(g) and (h) of
the Legal Profession Act, 1976
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