(1) There are sufficient reasons to prove that it is necessary to help safeguard its legitimate rights and interests;
(two) due to economic difficulties, unable or completely unable to pay legal service fees;
(3) A blind, deaf, dumb or minor is a criminal defendant or criminal suspect and has not entrusted a defense lawyer;
(4) In a criminal case, the defendant of foreign nationality has not entrusted a defender, and the people's court has appointed a lawyer to defend him.
(two) the scope of legal aid:
Requesting state compensation according to law, asking for social insurance benefits or minimum living allowance, asking for pensions and relief funds, asking for alimony, maintenance fees and alimony, asking for payment of labor remuneration, asking for civil rights and interests arising from courageous acts, personal injury compensation cases caused by medical accidents, traffic accidents, industrial accidents, domestic violence, abuse and bigamy, and cases in which the victim asks for divorce and personal injury compensation, Cases in which the criminal suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after the first inquiry by the investigation organ or since the date when compulsory measures are taken, cases in which the victim and his legal representative or close relatives in public prosecution cases, and cases in which the defendant fails to appoint a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons from the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution and from the date when the people's court accepts the case, If the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid. If the defendant is blind, deaf, mute or a minor has not appointed a defender, or if the defendant may be sentenced to death without appointing a defender, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial situation.
Legal basis: Article 5 of the Provisions on Legal Aid in Criminal Procedure When interrogating a criminal suspect for the first time or taking compulsory measures, the public security organ and the people's procuratorate shall inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a defender, and inform him that if he meets the provisions of Article 2 of these Provisions, he and his close relatives may apply for legal aid from a legal aid institution.
The people's procuratorate shall, within 3 days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a defender, and inform him or her and his close relatives that he or she can apply for legal aid from a legal aid institution if he or she meets the requirements of Article 2 of these Provisions; The victim, his legal representative or close relatives shall be informed that he has the right to entrust an agent ad litem, and if he is in financial difficulties, he may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid.
The people's court shall, within 3 days from the date of accepting the case, inform the defendant that he has the right to entrust a defender, and inform him that if he meets the provisions of Article 2 of these Provisions, he and his close relatives may apply to the legal aid institution for legal aid; The private prosecutor and his legal representative shall be informed that they have the right to entrust an agent ad litem, and if they are in financial difficulties, they may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid. The people's court shall perform the relevant notification duties within 3 days from the date of retrial.
If a criminal suspect or defendant has any of the circumstances specified in Article 9 of these Provisions, the public security organ, the people's procuratorate and the people's court shall inform him not to entrust a defender, and notify the legal aid institution to defend his appointed lawyer according to law.