Article 96 of the current Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is about the revocation and alteration of compulsory measures. The original text of the law is as follows: if the people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs find that the compulsory measures are improper, they shall promptly revoke or change them. If the public security organ releases the arrested person or changes the arrest measures, it shall notify the people's procuratorate that originally approved it. This article is about the provision that criminal suspects hire lawyers to provide legal aid in the investigation stage.
In order to fully protect the legal rights of criminal suspects and ensure the normal investigation, this law gives criminal suspects the right to hire lawyers to provide legal aid during the investigation stage. A criminal suspect may hire a lawyer to provide legal advice, appeal and accuse him on his behalf after the first interrogation by the investigation organ or the day when compulsory measures are taken; If a criminal suspect is arrested, the lawyer hired may also apply for bail pending trial. During interrogation, investigators shall inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a lawyer. In order to keep state secrets, if a criminal suspect requests to hire a lawyer or a lawyer requests to meet with the criminal suspect, it shall be approved by the investigation organ. Involving state secrets refers to the case or the nature of the case involving state secrets. Investigators shall not arbitrarily deprive criminal suspects and lawyers of their rights on the grounds of confidentiality.
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Article 96 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if a people's court, a people's procuratorate or a public security organ finds that the compulsory measures taken against a criminal suspect or defendant are improper, they shall promptly cancel or change them. If the public security organ releases the arrested person or changes the arrest measures, it shall notify the people's procuratorate that originally approved it.