Legal basis: Legal Aid Ordinance
Article 26 In any of the following circumstances, legal aid institutions and their staff members shall be given disciplinary sanctions according to law against the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel: (1) Providing legal aid to those who do not meet the conditions for legal aid, or refusing to provide legal aid to those who meet the conditions for legal aid; (two) handling legal aid cases to collect property; (three) engaged in paid legal services; (four) embezzlement and misappropriation of legal aid funds. The property collected in handling legal aid cases shall be ordered to be returned by the judicial administrative department; The illegal income from engaging in paid legal services shall be confiscated by the judicial administrative department; Those who embezzle, privately divide or misappropriate legal aid funds shall be ordered to recover by the judicial administrative department. If the circumstances are serious enough to constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
Twenty-eighth lawyers in any of the following circumstances, given a warning by the judicial administrative department, ordered to make corrections; If the circumstances are serious, the punishment of stopping practicing 1 month and not more than 3 months shall be given: (1) refusing to accept or terminate legal aid cases without justifiable reasons; (two) handling legal aid cases to collect property. Where there is an illegal act in Item (2) of the preceding paragraph, the judicial administrative department shall order the return of the illegally obtained property, and may concurrently impose a fine of not less than 0 times but not more than 3 times the value of the collected property.