Legal aid in capital cases

(1) The Court may at any time assign to an appellant who has been sentenced to death an attorney-at-law in any appeal under this Part or in any proceedings preliminary or incidental to such an appeal in which in the opinion of the Court, it appears desirable in the interests of justice that the appellant should have legal aid and that he has not sufficient means to enable him to obtain that aid. (2) The expenses of any attorney-at-law assigned to an appellant under this Part and the expenses of any witness attending on the order of the Court or examined in any proceedings incidental to the appeal and of the appearance of an appellant on the hearing of his appeal or on any proceedings preliminary or incidental to the appeal and all expenses of and incidental to any examination of witnesses conducted by any person appointed by the Court for the purpose or any reference of a question to a special commissioner appointed by the Court or of any person appointed as assessor to the Court, shall be defrayed out of monies provided by the National Assembly for 29 that purpose up to an amount allowed by the Court but subject to any rules of court as to rates and scales of payment and in the manner expressed by such rules of court.