1. Article 10 If a citizen fails to entrust an agent to handle the following matters that need to be represented due to financial difficulties, he may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid:
(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. ?
The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may make supplementary provisions on legal aid matters other than those stipulated in the preceding paragraph. ?
Citizens may apply to legal aid institutions for legal advice on matters specified in the first and second paragraphs of this article. ?
Eleventh in criminal proceedings, under any of the following circumstances, citizens can apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions:
(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. ?
Extended data
Legal aid in China has the following characteristics:
1. Legal aid is the responsibility of the state and the behavior of the government, which is organized and implemented by the legal aid agency established by the government. It embodies the obligations of the state and the government to citizens.
2. Legal aid is a legal and institutionalized behavior and an important part of the national social security system.
3 recipients are persons with financial difficulties, the disabled, the weak or special objects designated by the people's court.
4. The legal aid institution shall reduce or exempt the legal service fee for the recipient, and the court shall reduce or exempt the case acceptance fee and other litigation fees for the recipient.
5. The forms of legal aid include both litigation legal services and non-litigation legal services. Mainly take the following forms: criminal defense and criminal agency; Agents in civil and administrative litigation; Non-litigation legal affairs agency; Notarial certificate.
China municipal government legal information network-legal aid regulations, Baidu Encyclopedia-legal aid