Lawyers shall perform their duties within the administrative area of this province, and these Provisions shall be implemented. Article 4 In performing their duties, lawyers must be based on facts, take the law as the criterion, abide by laws, regulations and the working system of lawyers, and strictly abide by professional ethics and perform their duties. Article 5 Lawyers' performance of their duties according to law shall be protected by law. It is forbidden for any unit or individual to interfere, obstruct or make things difficult for lawyers to perform their duties according to law, or insult, slander, frame up or attack persecution against lawyers. Article 6 The working organization for lawyers to perform their duties is the Legal Advisory Office (law firm) approved by the Provincial Department of Justice. The legal advisory office (law firm) is organized, led and supervised by the competent judicial administrative organ.
Lawyers can only practice in one legal advisory office (law firm).
Lawyers undertake business entrusted by the Legal Advisory Office (law firm), and collect fees in accordance with the provisions. Article 7 Lawyers shall undertake the following legal affairs:
(a) to accept the employment of state organs, enterprises and institutions, social organizations and other organizations or individuals as legal advisers;
(2) Accepting the entrustment of the defendant in a criminal case or appointing a defender by the people's court; Accept the entrustment of the private prosecutor in a private prosecution case, the victim in a public prosecution case and their close relatives to participate in the litigation as agents;
(three) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil and administrative litigation cases and participate in the litigation as agents;
(four) to accept the entrustment of the parties to the arbitration case and participate in arbitration activities as agents;
(five) to accept the entrustment and apply for administrative reconsideration as an agent;
(six) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaint;
(seven) to accept the entrustment of other parties to a non-litigation case, provide legal assistance or participate in mediation as an agent;
(eight) to answer questions about the law and write legal documents;
(9) Undertaking other legal affairs. Article 8 A lawyer shall not undertake cases in which the parties are close relatives or have an interest in himself as a lawyer.
The legal advisory office (law firm) shall not assign lawyers to handle cases where the parties are their close relatives or have an interest in themselves. Article 9 A lawyer shall persuade the educational client to truthfully state the case. If persuasion fails, he may refuse to defend or represent him. Article 10 A lawyer may hold a lawyer's work permit (certificate) and a special investigation certificate from his legal advisory office (law firm) to investigate and collect evidence related to the case from the departments of posts and telecommunications, transportation, industry and commerce, taxation, finance, land, housing management, customs and other state organs, enterprises, institutions, social organizations and individual citizens, and the relevant units and individuals shall provide support, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations. Article 11 After the defendant is subjected to criminal compulsory measures according to law, the lawyer may accept the entrustment of the parties and their legal representatives to provide legal services and inform them of their rights in the proceedings.
With the consent of the people's procuratorate or the public security organ, lawyers may meet and communicate with the parties, and the people's procuratorate or the public security organ may send personnel to be present, and the communication shall be handed over by the people's procuratorate or the public security organ.
The meeting and correspondence between lawyers and clients should not hinder the investigation of this case. Article 12 When a lawyer communicates with a defendant in custody, the relevant unit shall forward it in time and shall not intercept it.
The lawyer shall meet the defendant in custody with the lawyer's work permit (certificate) and the special investigation certificate of the legal advisory office (law firm), and the public security department shall allow and provide the meeting place. Article 13 The main insider of a lawyer's case is the criminal defendant in custody, and if the criminal facts have no interest in the case undertaken by the lawyer, the lawyer can hold the lawyer's work permit (certificate) and special investigation certificate, and collect the facts and evidence related to the case undertaken by the lawyer accompanied by the personnel of the public security and procuratorial organs.
The main insider of a lawyer's case is the criminal defendant in custody, and if his criminal facts have an interest in the case undertaken by the lawyer, the lawyer can submit an investigation outline to the public security and procuratorial organs for investigation with the lawyer's work permit (certificate) and special documents for investigation. The public security and procuratorial organs shall promptly submit the investigation materials to the undertaking lawyer or the legal advisory office (law firm) where they are located. Article 14 Lawyers shall promptly consult the relevant files of the cases they undertake (including the appeal cases decided by the people's courts for retrial), and the people's courts and their relevant units shall provide convenience.
The files extracted or copied by lawyers shall be deposited in the archives room of the Legal Advisory Office (law firm). Article 15 When trying a case, the people's court shall allow time for lawyers to prepare for court appearance. Unless otherwise provided by law, the notice of court appearance shall be delivered to the lawyer or his legal adviser (law firm) at least three days before the court session.
Lawyers should appear in court on time. If a lawyer is unable to prepare or appear in court for special reasons, he shall apply to the people's court for an extension of the court session with the consent of the legal advisory office (law firm) two days before the court session. The people's court may grant the license within the statutory time limit and notify the lawyer or his legal advisory office (law firm).