88 Libyan citizen except for free-of-charge defence unless he is financially unable, then he is to benefit from defence gratuity in the same way the national does. The Freedom Promotion Law no 20/1991, in Article 1 notes: "Citizens, males and females, in the Great Jamhirya, are free and equal in rights, and their rights are inviolable". Pursuant to Libyan legislation, defence tools are employed by three entities namely: A- People's Law Office: a group of members of the judicial bodies who are paid by the State and enjoy the same privileges accorded to judges be they financial, functional or immunities. They take the responsibility of defending individuals in all cases. B-Litigation Department: defends the State and public legal persons in suits filed by or against them. Its members enjoy the same privileges of the judges. C- Private Law: This is practiced by attorneys who work for themselves as professionals as per the law as is the case in other countries where the same validation determined for attorneys is provided. 3- Gratuity of Justice The judges are paid their salaries from the Public Treasury and not from the adversaries. Therefore it can be safely admitted that going to court is gratuitous. If litigants are charged judicial fees in return for their having recourse to courts, it is thereby meant to assure seriousness of the case. There is the legal aid system that allows those financially unable, be they nationals or foreigners, to litigate without remuneration, including exemption from fees and attorney fees in observance of a set of substantive and formal terms defined in the Judicial Fees Law, even though these judicial fees are nominal as the suit-filing fees, in the early stages, do not exceed 19 dinars no matter its value.

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