1. Does the Legal Aid Center write complaints for free?
The Legal Aid Center provides free assistance to applicants in writing complaints.
Legal Aid Regulations
Article 28 If a lawyer commits any of the following circumstances, the judicial administrative department shall give him a warning and order him to make corrections; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be suspended from practicing law for one month. Penalty of more than 3 months: (1) Refusing to accept or terminating legal aid cases without justifiable reasons; (2) Collecting property for handling legal aid cases.
In case of any illegal act in Item (2) of the preceding paragraph, the judicial administrative department shall order the return of illegally obtained property, and may impose a fine of not less than 0 times but not more than 3 times the value of the property collected.
Second, what is the scope of legal aid?
Legal Aid Regulations
Article 10: Citizens who do not have an attorney can apply for legal aid from a legal aid agency for the following matters that require representation due to financial difficulties:
< p>(1) Requesting state compensation in accordance with the law;(2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits;
(3) Requesting pensions and relief funds;< /p>
(4) Requesting for the payment of alimony, child support, and maintenance;
(5) Requesting for payment of labor remuneration;
(6) Claiming to act bravely for justice resulting civil rights and interests.
The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may make supplementary provisions on legal aid matters other than those specified in the preceding paragraph.
Citizens may apply for legal consultation from legal aid institutions on matters specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article.
Article 11 In criminal proceedings, citizens may apply for legal aid to legal aid agencies under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The criminal suspect is under investigation by the agency After the first interrogation or from the date when compulsory measures were taken, the victim did not hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties;
(2) The victim of the public prosecution case and his legal representative or close relatives shall be transferred from the case to review and prosecution Since the date of acceptance of the private prosecution case by the People's Court, the private prosecutor and his legal agent have not appointed a litigation agent due to financial difficulties.
Article 12 In a case where the public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution and the defendant fails to retain a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, and the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid agency shall provide legal aid.
If the defendant is blind, deaf, mute or a minor and has not appointed a defender, or the defendant may be sentenced to death but has not appointed a defender, when the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid agency Legal aid should be provided without examining the defendant's financial status.
Article 13 The standards for citizens’ financial difficulties referred to in these Regulations shall be formulated by the people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government based on the needs of economic development and legal aid in their respective administrative regions.
If the financial hardship standard of the applicant’s domicile is inconsistent with the legal aid agency that accepts the application, the financial hardship standard of the legal aid agency that accepts the application shall prevail.
In summary, legal aid requires citizens to apply and meet the conditions stipulated by law before it can be processed in accordance with the law. As long as you receive assistance, you will write a complaint in accordance with the law and be represented by an attorney during the trial of the case. The implementation of these actions is free, so you must know how to protect your own rights and interests.