You can apply for legal aid or be appointed by the people's court to defend. According to China's "Legal Aid System", if a citizen 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 himself: (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 in any of the following circumstances: (1) The criminal suspect has not hired a lawyer due to financial difficulties since the day when the investigated organ first inquired or took compulsory measures; (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. Extended data:
To apply for legal aid, an application must be made to the legal aid institution of the city or county where the household registration or work unit is located. The applicant shall submit the following certificates to the legal aid institution: (1) a certificate of the applicant's economic situation issued by the civil affairs department or a certificate of living conditions issued by the neighborhood Committee or village Committee; (2) Income certificate and laid-off certificate issued by the applicant and his spouse; (3) A copy of the relevant disability certificate issued by the Disabled Persons' Federation; (4) a copy of the ID card; 5] agency qualification certificate; [6] Written materials related to the case or written materials submitted by the court.
Legal objectivity:
Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, he or his near relatives may apply to a legal aid institution. To meet the conditions of legal aid, legal aid institutions shall appoint lawyers to defend them. If the criminal suspect or defendant is a mental patient who is blind, deaf, dumb or has not completely lost the ability to identify or control his own behavior, and has not entrusted a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him. Thirty-sixth legal aid institutions can send lawyers on duty in people's courts, detention centers and other places. If the criminal suspect or defendant does not entrust a defender or the legal aid institution does not entrust a lawyer to defend him, the lawyer on duty will provide legal assistance to the criminal suspect or defendant, such as legal consultation, suggestions on procedure selection, application for changing compulsory measures, and suggestions on handling cases.