Legal Aid Act Article 5
The term indigent person as used in this Act refers to a person with any one of the following conditions:1. who is qualified as a low-income residence, or middle-to-low-income residence under the Social Relief Act;2. whose family is qualified as a Family in Hardship as described in Article 4 Paragraph 1 of the Act of Assistance for Family in Hardship;3. whose disposable assets and monthly disposable income are below a specific standard.The property that belongs to the applicant's spouse or relatives, with whom the applicant does not share property or residence, shall not be counted towards the disposable assets as prescribed in subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph. The assets and income as prescribed in subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph do not apply to applicant's parents, children, spouse or property-and-resident sharing relatives, with whom the applicant does not have a dependency relationship; neither do the said provisions apply to the applicant's long-term separated spouse.The disposable assets and income standards as prescribed in paragraph 1 subparagraph 3, and the verification standards of the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the Foundation.The term "people who are unable to receive proper legal protections for other reasons" as described in this Act refers to people with any one of the following conditions:1. a defendant who did not retain an attorney during the first questioning (interrogation) of an investigation, or during a trial, in a case that carries the base sentence of at least three years of prison term, or in a trial of first instance adjudicated by the high court;2. a defendant or a suspect, who possesses indigenous peoples status and did not retain an attorney during an investigation or trial;3. a defendant, who is unable to make full statements due to damage or impairment of the structures of the nervous system, or of the psychological or mental functions, and did not retain an attorney during an investigation or trial, or did not retain a legal representative during a trial in which retaining a legal representative was deemed necessary by the presiding judge;4. a defendant, who is under the condition of any one of the preceding three subparagraphs in a juvenile delinquency investigation or trial, and did not retain an assistant;5. a defendant in other trials, or juvenile delinquency cases, where an attorney, a legal representative, or a legal assistant is not retained, but is deemed necessary by the presiding judge;6. a case of important public interest, high social profile, high complexity or similar instances as determined by the Foundation.
中文原文 法律扶助法第5條
本法所稱無資力者，係指下列情形之一：
一、符合社會救助法規定之低收入戶、中低收入戶。
二、符合特殊境遇家庭扶助條例第四條第一項之特殊境遇家庭。
三、其可處分之資產及每月可處分之收入低於一定標準。
申請人非同財共居之配偶或親屬，其名下財產不計入前項第三款之可處分之資產。
前項第三款之資產及收入，申請人與其父母、子女、配偶或同財共居親屬間無扶養事實者得不計入；申請人與其配偶長期分居者，亦同。
第一項第三款可處分資產、收入標準及前項之認定辦法，由基金會定之。
本法所稱因其他原因無法受到法律適當保護者，係指下列情形之一：
一、涉犯最輕本刑為三年以上有期徒刑或高等法院管轄第一審案件，於偵查中初次詢（訊）問、審判中，未經選任辯護人。
二、被告或犯罪嫌疑人具原住民身分，於偵查、審判中未經選任辯護人。
三、因神經系統構造及精神、心智功能損傷或不全，無法為完全陳述，於偵查、審判中未經選任辯護人；或於審判中未經選任代理人，審判長認有選任之必要。
四、前三款情形，於少年事件調查、審理中，未經選任輔佐人。
五、其他審判、少年事件未經選任辯護人、代理人或輔佐人，審判長認有選任之必要。
六、重大公益、社會矚目、重大繁雜或其他相類事件，經基金會決議。
一、符合社會救助法規定之低收入戶、中低收入戶。
二、符合特殊境遇家庭扶助條例第四條第一項之特殊境遇家庭。
三、其可處分之資產及每月可處分之收入低於一定標準。
申請人非同財共居之配偶或親屬，其名下財產不計入前項第三款之可處分之資產。
前項第三款之資產及收入，申請人與其父母、子女、配偶或同財共居親屬間無扶養事實者得不計入；申請人與其配偶長期分居者，亦同。
第一項第三款可處分資產、收入標準及前項之認定辦法，由基金會定之。
本法所稱因其他原因無法受到法律適當保護者，係指下列情形之一：
一、涉犯最輕本刑為三年以上有期徒刑或高等法院管轄第一審案件，於偵查中初次詢（訊）問、審判中，未經選任辯護人。
二、被告或犯罪嫌疑人具原住民身分，於偵查、審判中未經選任辯護人。
三、因神經系統構造及精神、心智功能損傷或不全，無法為完全陳述，於偵查、審判中未經選任辯護人；或於審判中未經選任代理人，審判長認有選任之必要。
四、前三款情形，於少年事件調查、審理中，未經選任輔佐人。
五、其他審判、少年事件未經選任辯護人、代理人或輔佐人，審判長認有選任之必要。
六、重大公益、社會矚目、重大繁雜或其他相類事件，經基金會決議。