---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1613.5"
title: "45"
number: "1613.5"
heading: "Criminal representation in Indian tribal courts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1613.5"
---

# §1613.5. Criminal representation in Indian tribal courts.

- (a) Legal assistance may be provided with Corporation funds to a person charged with a criminal offense in an Indian tribal court who is otherwise eligible.
- (b) Legal assistance may be provided in a criminal proceeding in an Indian tribal court pursuant to a court appointment only if the appointment is made under a statute or a court rule or practice of equal applicability to all attorneys in the jurisdiction, and is authorized by the recipient after a determination that acceptance of the appointment would not impair the recipient's primary responsibility to provide legal assistance to eligible clients in civil matters.

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 21151, Apr. 15, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 234(d), Public Law 111-211, 124. Stat. 2282; 42 U.S.C. 2996f(b)(2); 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).

### Source

Source: 43 FR 32775, July 28, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 21151, Apr. 15, 2014]