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"content": "Therefore, we already have advocates who are in the Panel of the Chief Justice and I want to thank them. Those are the advocates who handle pro bono matters which are normally handled without pay. Even if they are given stipends, you can imagine the matters that they handle. Pro bono lawyers are normally given to murder suspects. Robbery with violence suspects do not have legal representation, but the sentence is the same, which is death. If we do not have a law of this nature, then we leave these rights of suspects to pro bono lawyers, who are also commercial. So, a lawyer will choose whether to represent a client pro bono or to engage in their commercial business. I would propose that once this law comes into operation, the first The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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