CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Rights of accused persons
SECTION 14

(2) Every person charged with an offence has the right—
(d) to defend himself or herself in person or to be represented at his or her own expense by a legal practitioner of his or her own choice, and to be informed promptly of this right or, if he or she does not have sufficient means to engage a legal practitioner and the interests of justice so require, to be given the services of a legal practitioner under a scheme for legal aid by the Legal Aid Commission, and to be informed promptly of this right ;

CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Access to courts and tribunals
SECTION 15

(10) The State, through law and other measures, must provide legal aid through the Legal Aid Commission to those who cannot afford to pursue justice on the strength of their own resources, if injustice would otherwise result.