Provisions on protecting lawyers' right to practice according to law

The regulations propose that lawyers should be respected and the system for protecting lawyers' practice rights should be improved. According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, the Civil Procedure Law, the Administrative Procedure Law and the Lawyers Law, lawyers' rights to know, appeal, appeal, interview, marking papers, collecting evidence, cross-examination and debate should be guaranteed according to law, and lawyers should not be prevented from performing their duties of defense and agency according to law. After accepting the entrustment of a criminal suspect or defendant or the assignment of a legal aid agency, a defense lawyer shall inform the case-handling organ, and can learn from the case-handling organ about the charges suspected or accused by the criminal suspect or defendant and the main criminal facts that have been ascertained at that time, the circumstances in which the criminal suspect or defendant was taken, changed or relieved of compulsory measures, and the circumstances in which the investigation organ extended the investigation detention period. The case-handling organ shall promptly inform the defense lawyer according to law.

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Provisions on protecting lawyers' practice rights according to law

Article 2 People's courts, people's procuratorates, public security organs, state security organs and judicial administrative organs shall respect lawyers, improve the system for guaranteeing lawyers' right to practice, and guarantee lawyers' right to know, apply, appeal, interview, marking papers, collecting evidence, asking questions, cross-examining and debating in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, the Civil Procedure Law, the Administrative Procedure Law and the Lawyers Law, and shall not hinder lawyers from performing their duties of defense and agency according to law.

Article 3 People's courts, people's procuratorates, public security organs, state security organs, judicial administrative organs and lawyers' associations shall establish and improve the relief mechanism for lawyers' practice rights.

If a lawyer is insulted, slandered, threatened, retaliated or hurt because of his practice, the relevant authorities shall stop it in time and deal with it according to law, and take protective measures for lawyers when necessary.