Section 1: Establishment of Legal Aid Council

(1) There is established the Legal Aid Council (in this Act referred to as "the Council") .
(2) The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(3) The Council shall have responsibility for the provision in accordance with this Act, of legal aid, advice; access to justice in respect of persons entitled thereto.
(4) The council shall comprise-
(a) the Governing Board made up of the Chairman and the members;
(b) the Director-General of the Council; and
(c) such supporting legal and other staff engaged for the purposes of the efficient performance of the duties and obligations of the Council under or pursuant to this Act.