1. According to the relevant laws of our country, lawyers in legal aid centers are allowed to represent cases free of charge, but they are not allowed to charge fees for representing cases, and they should be punished accordingly.
2. Legal provisions: legal aid regulations
Twenty-sixth legal aid institutions and their staff in any of the following circumstances, the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished according to law:
(a) to provide legal aid to those who do not meet the conditions for legal aid, or to refuse to provide legal aid to those who meet the conditions for legal aid;
(two) handling legal aid cases to collect property;
(three) engaged in paid legal services;
(four) embezzlement and misappropriation of legal aid funds.
The property collected in handling legal aid cases shall be ordered to be returned by the judicial administrative department; The illegal income from engaging in paid legal services shall be confiscated by the judicial administrative department; Those who embezzle, privately divide or misappropriate legal aid funds shall be ordered to recover by the judicial administrative department. If the circumstances are serious enough to constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
Twenty-eighth lawyers in any of the following circumstances, given a warning by the judicial administrative department, ordered to make corrections; If the circumstances are serious, a penalty of stopping practicing 1 month or more and 3 months or less shall be imposed:
(1) Refusing to accept or terminate a legal aid case without justifiable reasons;
(two) handling legal aid cases to collect property.
Where there is an illegal act in Item (2) of the preceding paragraph, the judicial administrative department shall order the return of the illegally obtained property, and may concurrently impose a fine of not less than 0 times but not more than 3 times the value of the collected property.
Second, what is the scope of legal aid?
First, if a citizen has the following matters and fails to entrust an agent or defender due to financial difficulties, he may apply for legal aid or be appointed by the people's court to defend him:
(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.
Second, in criminal proceedings, citizens can apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions under any of the following circumstances:
(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.
Third, if the public prosecutor appears in court to prosecute a case, and the defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, and the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid.
Fourth, 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.
These are Bian Xiao's answers to relevant legal questions. According to the relevant laws of our country, lawyers in legal aid centers are allowed to represent cases free of charge, but they are not allowed to charge fees for representing cases and should be punished accordingly.