Civil Law and Procedure
The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
Act 39 of 1987 · 40 sections
Title, date and preamble
[11th October, 1987.]
An Act to constitute legal services authorities to provide free and competent legal services to the
weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied
to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organize Lok Adalats to
secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity.
BE it enacted by the Parliament in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Contents
CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY
CHAPTER II THE NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY
CHAPTER III STATE LEGAL SERVICESAUTHORITY
- 6.Constitution of State Legal Services Authority
- 7.Functions of the State Authority
- 8.State Authority to act in coordination with other agencies., etc., and be subject to directions given by the Central Authority
- 8A.High Court Legal Services Committee
- 9.District Legal Services Authority
- 10.Functions of the District Authority
- 11.District Authority to act in coordination with other agencies and be subject to directions given by the Central Authority, etc
- 11A.Taluk Legal Services Committee
- 11B.Functions of Taluk Legal Services Committee
CHAPTER IV ENTITLEMENT TO LEGAL SERVICES
CHAPTER V FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
CHAPTER VI LOK ADALATS
CHAPTER VIA PRE-LITIGATION CONCILIATION AND SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER VII MISCELLANEOUS
- 23.Members and staff of Authorities, Committees and Lok Adalats to be public servants
- 24.Protection of action taken in good faith
- 25.Act to have overriding effect
- 26.Power to remove difficulties
- 27.Power of Central Government to make rules
- 28.Power of State Government to make rules
- 29.Power of Central Authority to make regulations
- 29A.Power of State Authority to make regulations
- 30.Laying of rules and regulations