The Director of Legal Aid may waive the upper financial eligibility limit in meritorious cases involving the Hong Kong Bill of Rights or an inconsistency with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as applied to Hong Kong.

• 如案件涉及《香港人权法案》或抵触《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》适用于香港的部分，只要理据充分，法律援助署署长可行使酌情权，免除申请人必须符合上述经济资格上限的有关规定。