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Section 138

Section 138

(1) A party is to be granted legal aid in proceedings on an appeal on points of law (section 100) upon request and applying sections 114 to 116 of the Code of Civil Procedure accordingly.

(2) The request for the grant of legal aid is to be submitted in writing to the Federal Court of Justice; it may also be declared before and recorded with the registry. The Federal Court of Justice decides on the request.

(3) In all other cases, the provisions of section 130 (2), (3), (5) and (6) and sections 133, 134, 136 and 137 apply accordingly, with the proviso that a party who has been granted legal aid may only be assigned a lawyer who has been admitted to practise before the Federal Court of Justice.

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