1. There are sufficient reasons to prove that you need help to safeguard your legitimate rights and interests. 2. Due to financial difficulties, you are unable or completely unable to pay the legal service fee (the standard of citizens' financial difficulties is implemented by the local government with reference to the provisions of local government departments).
Criminal defendants, criminal suspects, blind, deaf, dumb and minors who have not entrusted defense lawyers shall receive legal aid.
Other disabled and elderly people who are criminal defendants or criminal suspects and are unable to hire a defense lawyer due to financial difficulties can get legal aid.
If a criminal defendant who may be sentenced to death fails to entrust a defense lawyer, he shall obtain legal aid.
In criminal cases, if the defendant of foreign nationality has not entrusted a defender and the people's court appoints a lawyer to defend him, he can get legal aid.
Legal basis:
Article 10 of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Legal Aid If a citizen fails to entrust an agent or a defender with the following matters, he may apply for legal aid or be appointed by the people's court to defend him:
1, request state compensation according to law.
2. Request for social insurance benefits or minimum living security.
3. Request for pension benefits.
4. Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony.
5. Requesting payment of labor remuneration.
6. Advocate the civil rights and interests arising from the courageous deeds.
7 cases of personal injury compensation caused by medical accidents, traffic accidents and industrial accidents.
8. Due to domestic violence, abuse, bigamy, etc. Cases in which the victim asks for divorce and personal injury compensation.
9. The criminal suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after the investigation organ makes the first inquiry or takes compulsory measures.
10. 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.
1 1. Since the people's court accepted the case of private prosecution, the private prosecutor and his legal representative have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties.
12. 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 defense for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid.
13. 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.