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282 JUDICIAL PROCEDURE, CRIMINAL

CHAPTER 208

H. B. No. 684

(Brooks and Getreh)

COUNSEL FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS; COMPENSATION

AN ACT

To amend and reenact section 29-0127 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943, relating to compensation and limitation of assignment of counsel for indigent defendants.

Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. Amendment.) Section 29-0127 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

29-0127. Indigent Defendant; Attorney Appointed; Compensation; Limitation.) In all criminal actions when it is satisfactorily shown to the court that the defendant has no means and is unable to employ counsel, the court shall appoint and assign counsel for his defense and allow and direct to be paid by the county in which such trial is had a reasonable and just compensation to the attorney so assigned for such services as he may render, but such attorney shall not be paid a sum to exceed twenty-five dollars per day in any one case.

Approved March 1, 1955.