68 Besides the right of defence, the People's Law Office was assigned another job, namely sensitization of the people and extension of legal advice and consultancy when requested with a view to enlighten the masses vis-à-vis their legal rights, interpret laws and elucidate their provisions to them without remuneration. The People's Law Office is one of the judicial bodies. Having recourse to this judicial body is not obligatory but rather left to the discretion of the person concerned who may either choose an attorney at his own expense or to defend himself by himself. The People's Law Office is headquartered in the City of Tripoli and has (7) branches in each of the Appellate Court circuits, with (25) affiliated offices in cities and villages of the Great Jamhirya for the purpose of facilitating citizens' access to defenders needless to move to metropolitan cities. It has field offices in all reform and rehabilitation institutions to enable inmates to seek legal defence without remuneration if necessity calls for it, so that they will not have to face difficulty accessing justice, given their status in these institutions and their inability to frequent lawyers' offices in villages and cities. As mentioned above, this Office is deemed a judicial body and its members are eligible to have the same privileges and immunities enjoyed by members of the other judicial bodies.

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