People's governments at or above the county level shall improve the legal aid protection system, legal aid related funds included in the government budget at this level, establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism to ensure that legal aid needs, and promote the balanced development of legal aid. Article 5 The judicial administrative department of the State Council shall direct and supervise legal aid work throughout the country. The judicial administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level direct and supervise the legal aid work in their own administrative areas.
Other relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with their respective duties, provide support and safeguards for legal aid work. Article 6 the people's court, the people's procuratorate, the public security organs shall, within the scope of their respective duties to ensure that the person concerned obtains legal aid in accordance with law, and to facilitate the work of legal aid personnel. Article 7 A lawyers' association shall guide and support law firms and lawyers to participate in legal aid work. Article 8 The State encourages and supports organizations, institutions and social organizations to provide legal aid in accordance with the law under the guidance of the judicial administrative departments. Article 9 the state encourages and supports enterprises, institutions, social organizations and individuals and other social forces, in accordance with the law, through donations and other means to provide support for the cause of legal aid; to meet the conditions, tax incentives. Article 10 The judicial and administrative departments shall carry out regular publicity and education on legal aid, and popularize the knowledge of legal aid.
The news media shall actively carry out legal aid publicity, and strengthen public opinion supervision. Article XI of the State in the legal aid work to make outstanding contributions to organizations and individuals, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the commendations and awards. Chapter II institutions and personnel Article 12 The judicial administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall establish legal aid institutions. Legal aid institutions are responsible for organizing and implementing legal aid work, accepting and examining applications for legal aid, assigning lawyers, grass-roots legal service workers, legal aid volunteers and other legal aid personnel to provide legal aid, and paying legal aid subsidies. Article 13 A legal aid agency may, in accordance with the needs of its work, arrange for its own staff with lawyer qualifications or legal professional qualifications to provide legal aid; it may set up legal aid workstations or contact points to accept legal aid applications in the vicinity. Article 14 Legal aid agencies may station duty lawyers in people's courts, people's procuratorates and detention centers to provide legal aid to criminal suspects and defendants who have no defenders in accordance with the law. Article 15 The judicial administrative department may, through government procurement or other means, select law firms and other legal service organizations on the basis of merit to provide legal aid to recipients. Article 16 law firms, grass-roots legal services, lawyers, grass-roots legal service workers have the obligation to provide legal aid according to law.
Law firms, grass-roots legal service shall support and safeguard the lawyers, grass-roots legal service workers to fulfill their legal aid obligations. Article 17 The State encourages and regulates voluntary legal aid services; supports qualified individuals as legal aid volunteers to provide legal aid in accordance with the law.
Institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutions may organize personnel engaged in legal education and research work and law students as legal aid volunteers, under the guidance of the judicial administrative department, to provide legal advice, drafting legal documents and other legal aid.
The specific management measures for legal aid volunteers shall be prescribed by the relevant departments of the State Council. Article 18 The state establishes and improves the mechanism of legal service resources according to law across the regional flow, to encourage and support law firms, lawyers, legal aid volunteers to provide legal aid in areas where there is a relative shortage of legal service resources. Article 19 Legal aid personnel shall perform their duties in accordance with the law, provide recipients with timely legal aid services that meet the standards, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of recipients. Article 20 Legal aid personnel shall abide by professional ethics and practice discipline, and shall not receive any property from the aided person. Article 21 legal aid institutions, legal aid personnel to provide legal aid in the process of state secrets, commercial secrets and personal privacy shall be kept confidential. Chapter III Forms and Scope Article 22 Legal aid institutions may organize legal aid personnel to provide the following forms of legal aid services in accordance with the law:
(1) legal counseling;
(2) preparation of legal documents;
(3) criminal defense and representation;
(4) litigation and non-litigation representation in civil, administrative, and state compensation cases;
(5) legal aid services; and
(6) legal aid services. Representation;
(v) legal assistance for duty lawyers;
(vi) labor dispute mediation and arbitration representation;
(vii) other forms prescribed by laws, rules and regulations.