The request for delivery of secondary legal aid shall be filed by the interested person, personally or through the postal service, to the court or proceeding body that commences investigation, before the initiation of a judicial proceeding, at the initiation of a judicial proceeding and/or at any stage of a judicial proceeding, until judicial investigation has not been declared closed, in accordance with the rules provided for in the procedural legislation.
The person entitled to secondary legal aid may submit the request foreseen in paragraph 1, of this law, through a legal representative or a representative supplied with power of attorney, or by the spouse, cohabitant or kin relation of the first degree.
The request for secondary legal aid shall be exempted from court fees and costs.
The person, who seeks to benefit secondary legal aid shall sign a self-declaration of fulfilment of the criteria for benefitting defined in this law, according the self-declaration form sheet approved by the Minister of Justice accompanied with the justifying documentation. The list of documents that shall serve for certification of fulfilment of criteria shall be defined by order of the Minister of Justice.
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