Provisions on lawyers meeting with criminal suspects in custody

1. If a lawyer is entrusted by a criminal suspect or defendant to provide legal aid or act as a defender, he shall issue a letter of introduction from the law firm, a power of attorney and a lawyer's practice certificate to the detention center when meeting with the criminal suspect or defendant.

2. If a lawyer accepts the employment of relatives of a criminal suspect or defendant, or the relevant organ or unit conveys the employment requirements, when meeting with the criminal suspect or defendant, he shall issue a letter of introduction from the law firm, show his lawyer's practice certificate to the detention center, and the criminal suspect or defendant shall sign a power of attorney to confirm it, which shall be checked and recorded by the detention center.

3. When meeting with criminal suspects and defendants, the number of lawyers can be 1 to 2. Trainee lawyers and certified paralegals may assist lawyers in making interrogation records when meeting with criminal suspects and defendants.

4. Lawyers shall meet with at least two suspects and defendants suspected of murder, robbery, stirring up trouble and other violent crimes, or if the suspects and defendants are women. 1 The interviewees may be interns and paralegals.

Extended data:

Lawyers can engage in the following businesses:

(a) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as legal advisers;

(two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation;

(3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate in litigation as agents;

(four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases;

(five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities;

(6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services;

(seven) to answer questions about the law and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.

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