Legal Aid Act Article 15

The application for legal aid shall be denied, if any of the following conditions exists:1. the statements and information provided by the legal aid applicant show no legitimate reasons for granting the legal aid.2. the value of interests the legal aid applicant may recover from the prevailing litigation are less than the litigation costs and the lawyer’s fees, except in cases where the controversies at issue are significant to the law or to the society.3. the applicant had already received legal aid according to this Act or other laws for the same matter, and is no longer eligible to receive further legal aid.4. the applicant of the same case has retained an attorney; or the court has appointed an attorney, or has appointed an attorney to be the legal representative or assistant;5. the applicant who is suing the Foundation.6. the litigation takes place outside the border of the Republic of China;7. the same case that has been rejected by the Foundation or its Chapter, while no new facts or evidence have surfaced. However, this is not applicable to cases where the information provided by the applicant is sufficient to decide that it is necessary to provide legal aid;8. the item the applicant applies for legal aid does not correspond to the purposes of providing legal aid.The provisions as prescribed in the subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding paragraph are not applicable to the situations prescribed in article 5 paragraph 4 subparagraphs 1 to 5.