GENERAL PART
Section VI. PROPERTY ISSUES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDING
CHAPTER 21. PAYMENT AND COMPENSATION OF EXPENSES
Article 165. Payment of the defense attorney
1. The legal assistance offered by the defense attorney to the suspect or the accused shall be paid by the client and the principal on the conditions the defense attorney and his client has agreed upon, or upon the consent of the attorney to offer free legal assistance.
2. The legal assistance offered by the assigned defense attorney to the suspect or the accused shall be paid at the expense of the state budget, if the client has not concluded an agreement with his attorney and the attorney has not made a statement that he will work for free. The amount to be paid to the assigned defense attorney shall be determined by the body which carries the criminal proceeding upon a bill being presented by the defense attorney, per hour of the prosecutor's work. The court may make the accused responsible for the compensation of state expenses for the legal assistance offered to him except for the cases when according to the provisions of the present Code the suspect or the accused are entitled to receive free legal assistance.
3. The body which carries the criminal proceeding shall deliver a substantiated order about the suspect or the accused being partially or wholly exempt from the payment of the legal assistance.
4. Legal assistance of the defense attorney assigned to the criminal case shall be offered free of charge to the suspect or the accused who has refused the attorney's assistance, if the refusal has not been accepted by the body which carries out the criminal proceeding.
5. The payment of the legal assistance offered free of charge to the suspect or the accused shall be carried out in the manner prescribed by part 2 of the present Article
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