Legal basis: Article 56 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Procuratorate. Where an agent ad litem consults, extracts or copies the case file with the permission of the people's procuratorate, it shall be handled with reference to the provisions of Articles 47 to 49 of these Rules.
If a lawyer acts as an agent ad litem and needs to apply to the people's procuratorate for collecting and obtaining evidence, it shall be handled with reference to the provisions of Article 52 of these Rules.