Section 15: Demand for or receipt of certain payments prohibited.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act a legal practitioner or other legal service providers who has acted for a person receiving legal aid shall be paid for so acting by the receipt of certain legal aid Fund and the legal practitioner or legal service provider shall not be entitled to payments charge or recover from a legally assisted person any amount-
(a) by way of costs in respect of work assigned by the Council to a private legal practitioner on behalf of that person; or
(b) by way of disbursement incurred on behalf of that person in connection with that work except with the approval of the Governing Council.
(2) A provision of any agreement (whether in writing or not or whether entered into before or after the commencement of this Act)-
(a) under which the operation of this section is excluded, modified or restricted; or
(b) which has the effect of excluding, modifying or restricting the operation of this section is void to the extent of this exclusion.
(3) The sums payable under subsection (1) of this section to a legal practitioner shall be such as may be determined by the Council.
(4) In this Part, references to acting for a person receiving legal aid, shall, in relation to a legal practitioner, include acting indirectly for such a person, as agent for his legal practitioner so however that any selection from any panel of a legal practitioner to act as agent shall be made by the legal practitioner for whom he is to act:
Provided always that the Council shall review the panels of legal practitioners annually and only legal practitioners who have paid their annual subscription or practicing fee to the Nigerian Bar Association can be appointed by the Council to act for persons receiving legal aid.