Article 12: Beneficiaries of legal aid in case of insufficient income and property
The right to benefit legal aid is possessed by everyone that proves that they have insufficient income and property to bear the costs for counselling, representation and/or defence in criminal cases, in administrative and in civil law cases.
The income of a person living in a household shall be considered insufficient in the meaning of paragraph 1 of this article, if the total income of all household members, divided by their number, is lower than 50 percent of the monthly minimum wage, as defined according to the legislation in force.
The income of a person, not living in a household, shall be considered insufficient in the meaning of paragraph 1 of this article, if it is lower than the level of the monthly minimum wage, as defined according to the legislation in force.
If a person living in a household requests legal aid for a case against another member of the same household, paragraph 2 of this article shall not apply. The income of this person shall be considered insufficient in the meaning of paragraph 1 of this article if it is lower than the level of the minimum wage, as defined according to the legislation in force.
The property of a person shall be considered insufficient in the sense of paragraph 1 of this article, if its total value does not exceed the value of 36 monthly minimum wages, as defined according to the legislation in force.
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