Is legal advice free?

There is no free legal consultation department in the whole country.

However, the parties can consult the court for legal procedures free of charge. If you need legal advice, you can call the lawyer assistance center of the local judicial bureau during working hours 12348, which is a public legal service that provides free legal advice and public legal education for the masses. If the parties meet the requirements, they may also apply for legal aid according to law.

In a case where a public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, the defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons. If the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid. If the defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or a minor without a defender, or if the defendant may be sentenced to death without a defender, when the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial situation.

Tenth "Legal Aid Regulations" for the following matters that need to be represented due to economic difficulties, citizens who do not have an agent may apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions:

(1) Requesting state compensation according to law;

(2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits;

(3) Requesting pensions and relief funds;

(4) Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony;

(5) Requesting payment of labor remuneration;

(six) to claim the civil rights and interests arising from the courageous behavior.

The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may make supplementary provisions on legal aid matters other than those stipulated in the preceding paragraph.

Citizens may apply to legal aid institutions for legal advice on matters specified in the first and second paragraphs of this article.

Eleventh in criminal proceedings, under any of the following circumstances, citizens can apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions:

(1) The criminal suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after being interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or from the date when compulsory measures are taken;

(2) The victim of a public prosecution case and his legal representative or close relatives have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties since the date when the case was transferred for examination and prosecution;

(three) since the case of private prosecution was accepted by the people's court, the private prosecutor and his legal representative have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties.

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