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Section 41, The Persons With Disability Act, 2011

Status not yet checkedThe Persons With Disability Act, 2011, Sierra Leone

(1) The Attorney-General may, after consultation with the Commission and the General Legal Council, make regulations providing for free legal services for persons with disability in respect of the following:- 20 21 Relief from duties etc. Deductions from income tax. Concealment of person with disability, etc. Causing disability to another. General penalty. Additional facilities for persons with Disability issues units. Power to take legal action. Regulations for free legal services. (a) matters affecting the violation of the rights of persons with disability or the deprivation of the rights of persons with disability or the deprivation of their property; and (b) such other matters or cases as the Attorney- General may think fit. (2) The Rules of Court Committee shall make rules providing for- (a) the exemption for persons with disability from the payment of fees in relation to matters or cases described in subsection (1); and (b) the provision of sign language interpretation, braille services and physical guide assistance to persons with disability whenever they attend court.

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