First, if a citizen has the following matters and fails to entrust an agent or defender due to financial difficulties, he may apply for legal aid or be appointed by the people's court to defend him:
(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.
Second, in criminal proceedings, citizens can apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions under any of the following circumstances:
(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.
Third, if the public prosecutor appears in court to prosecute a case, and the defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, and the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid.
Fourth, if the defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or a minor without a defender, or if the defendant may be sentenced to death without a defender, when the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial situation.