The documents and supporting materials to be submitted are as follows:
1, ID card or other valid identification, and the agent applicant shall also submit the agent certificate;
2. Proof of economic difficulties;
3. Case materials related to the application for legal aid.
Conditions for applying for legal aid:
1. The general provisions generally apply to citizens of China. Refers to China citizens who are unable to pay legal service fees due to financial difficulties or have sufficient reasons to prove that they need help to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, and can apply for legal aid;
2. Special conditions mainly refer to the special circumstances that defendants in criminal cases should have to obtain legal aid.
Special conditions mainly refer to the special circumstances that defendants in criminal cases should have to obtain legal aid, including the following:
1, blind deaf-mute minors are criminal defendants or criminal suspects, and if the defendant may be sentenced to death without entrusting a defense lawyer, he should get legal aid;
2. Other criminal defendants and suspects, such as the disabled and the elderly, who are unable to hire a defense lawyer due to financial difficulties, can obtain legal aid;
3. In criminal cases, if the defendant of foreign nationality has not entrusted a defender and the court appoints a lawyer to defend him, he can get legal aid.
Legal aid refers to a legal guarantee system that legal aid agencies established by the government or lawyers of non-governmental organizations provide legal services for people with financial difficulties or special cases, especially in rural areas.
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Legal aid regulations
Seventeenth citizens to apply for legal aid agency, criminal defense shall submit the following documents and materials:
(a) identity card or other valid identification, the agent applicant shall also submit the certificate of agency;
(2) proof of economic difficulties;
(3) Case materials related to the application for legal aid.
The application shall be in written form and fill in the application form; If it is really difficult to apply in writing, you can apply orally, and the staff of the legal aid institution or the staff of the relevant institution that forwarded the application shall make a written record. Eighteenth legal aid institutions shall review the application for legal aid after receiving it; If the documents and supporting materials submitted by the applicant are incomplete, the applicant may be required to make necessary supplements or explanations. If the applicant fails to supplement or explain as required, the application shall be deemed to be revoked; If the documents and certification materials submitted by the applicant need to be verified, the legal aid institution shall verify them with the relevant organs and units.
To meet the conditions of legal aid, legal aid institutions shall promptly decide to provide legal aid; Do not meet the conditions of legal aid, it shall inform the applicant in writing of the reasons. Article 10 For the following matters that need to be represented due to economic difficulties, citizens who have not entrusted an agent may apply to legal aid institutions for legal aid:
(1) Requesting state compensation according to law;
(2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits;
(3) requesting the payment of pensions and relief funds.