In all criminal cases, except those in which a minor is the defendant, family members of the defendant are not notified before trial. Article 182 of the Criminal Procedure Law: After the People's Court decides to hold a trial, it shall determine the members of the collegial panel and serve a copy of the People's Procuratorate's indictment to the defendant and his defender at least ten days before the hearing. Before the trial, the judge may convene the prosecutor, parties, defenders, and agents ad litem to learn about trial-related issues such as recusal, the list of witnesses appearing in court, the exclusion of illegal evidence, and listen to their opinions. After the People's Court determines the date of the hearing, it shall notify the People's Procuratorate of the time and place of the hearing, summon the parties, and notify the defenders, agents ad litem, witnesses, appraisers, and translators. Summons and notices should be served at least three days before the court date. For cases that are to be heard in public, the cause of the case, the name of the defendant, the time and location of the hearing shall be announced in advance three days before the hearing. Article 182 of the "Applicable Interpretation" of the Supreme People's Court: Before the trial, the People's Court shall do the following work: (1) Determine the presiding judge and members of the collegial panel; (2) Send a copy of the indictment to the defendant ten days before the trial. (3) Five days before the trial, notify the parties and their legal representatives, defenders, and agents ad litem to provide the list of witnesses, appraisers, and evidence for appearing in court; when applying for witnesses, appraisers, or people with specialized knowledge to appear in court, the list must be listed The name, gender, age, occupation, address and contact information of the relevant persons; (4) Notify the People’s Procuratorate of the time and place of the hearing three days before the hearing; (5) Serve the summons summoning the parties and notify the defender and litigant three days before the hearing Notices for agents, legal representatives, witnesses, and appraisers to appear in court; notify relevant personnel to appear in court, or confirm receipt by the other party through phone calls, text messages, faxes, emails, etc.; (6) For cases that are to be heard in public, the notice must be issued three days before the court session. Announce the cause of the case, the name of the defendant, the time and place of the hearing.
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Article 85 of the "Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China" When the public security organ detains a person, it must produce a detention warrant. After being detained, the detainee shall be immediately sent to a detention center for custody and shall not exceed twenty-four hours. Unless notification is impossible or notification of suspected crimes endangering national security or terrorist activities may hinder the investigation, the detainee's family members must be notified within 24 hours after detention. The detainee's family members should be notified immediately after the circumstances that hindered the investigation disappear.