Key legal question
Whether the appellant was entitled to free legal aid and exemption from advance court costs
Extracted holding
No; the appellant failed to sufficiently prove indigence, so legal aid could be denied and the cost advance maintained in instalments.
Extracted reasoning
The burden lies on the applicant to fully disclose and substantiate income and assets. Because the submitted records were incomplete and did not allow assessment of his actual financial situation, indigence was not established. His own failure to cooperate in proving poverty had to be borne by him.