Chapter IV of Regulations on Legal Aid in Hebei Province

Implementation of legal aid Article 22 For criminal cases that should be provided with legal aid according to law, legal aid institutions shall inform the relevant public security organs, people's procuratorates and people's courts and the personnel who undertake legal aid matters within five days from the date of deciding to provide legal aid.

if the public security organ's investigation ends and the people's procuratorate decides not to prosecute or return the supplementary investigation after the investigation ends, the people's procuratorate shall inform the personnel who undertake legal aid matters of the results of handling the case within five days.

article 23 in a case defended by a people's court, the people's court shall send the notice of designated defense and a copy of the indictment or judgment, as well as a statement that the defendant should provide legal aid or proof of financial difficulties to the legal aid institution ten days before the court session.

if legal aid should be provided according to law, the legal aid institution shall assign a law firm to arrange lawyers or full-time staff of the institution to handle legal aid matters, and return the list of personnel who undertake legal aid matters to the people's court that made the decision on designated defense three days before the court session. If legal aid should not be provided according to law, the legal aid institution shall explain the reasons in writing to the people's court that made the decision to appoint a defense.

article 24 when handling legal aid cases, the personnel who undertake legal aid matters shall submit the official letters and documents uniformly printed by the legal aid institutions to the judicial organs, administrative organs and arbitration institutions that accept legal aid cases.

Article 25 When handling legal aid matters, the personnel who undertake legal aid matters shall consult the case materials and meet the parties in time; When hearing a case, the court shall appear in court on time for litigation activities. Providing legal aid to the recipient shall abide by professional ethics and practice discipline, and shall not collect property from the parties.

article 26 the recipient has the right to know the progress of the legal aid provided to him, and when there is evidence to prove that the person undertaking the legal aid fails to perform his duties according to law, he shall ask the legal aid institution to replace the person undertaking the legal aid.

article 27 the recipient shall cooperate with the personnel who undertake legal aid matters to carry out legal aid work, and shall not conceal the truth or provide false certificates.

article 28 after the legal aid matters are closed, the personnel who undertake the legal aid matters shall, within 1 days, bind up the legal documents or copies, closing reports and other materials and submit them to the legal aid institutions for review. After passing the examination, the legal aid institution shall promptly pay the case handling subsidy to the personnel who undertake legal aid matters.

the subsidy standard for handling legal aid cases shall be determined by the provincial judicial administrative department in conjunction with the financial department, and gradually improved according to the economic development level of this province and the needs of legal aid work.

article 29 if a citizen who has obtained legal aid applies for exemption, reduction or deferment of litigation, arbitration and appraisal fees, the people's court, arbitration institution and appraisal institution shall exempt, reduce or deferment the litigation, arbitration and appraisal fees according to law.

Article 3 The relevant units shall provide assistance to those who undertake legal aid matters according to law, and exempt the required fees for file information inquiry, consulting service, file access protection and certification; The reproduction fee for the required related materials shall be reduced or exempted.

article 31 if the recipient obtains legal aid by deception, refuses to cooperate with the legal aid undertaker to carry out legal aid work, or conceals the truth or provides false certificates, the legal aid institution shall notify the legal aid undertaker to terminate legal aid and explain the reasons in writing to the recipient; The recipient shall pay the corresponding fees to the legal aid institution in accordance with the legal service charging standards stipulated by the state.