SECTION 489

(1) Where the appellant has applied for legal aid, the Registrar-Chief shall inform the Procureur General of this fact and shall prepare the file for legal aid and submit it to the commission for legal aid at the Supreme Court. (2) On the delivery of the decision granting legal aid to the appellant, the President of the Supreme Court shall assign counsel for his defence and the Registrar-in-Chief shall issue notices as provided for in section 483. (3) Where the application for legal aid is rejected, the Registrar-in-Chief shall notify the applicant by any means with written proof or serve it by writ of a bailiff on the appellant and shall invite him to forward the name of his counsel within a time-limit of fifteen (5) days, under pain of forfeiture of his right to appeal. Such time-limit shall run from the day following the date of notification or service.