The fees paid to lawyers in legal aid cases are usually several hundred yuan as a case-handling subsidy, and the fees charged to lawyers in peacetime are of course different. This cost is not borne by the parties concerned, but paid by the state finance.
According to Article 24 of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Legal Aid, legal aid institutions shall pay legal aid handling subsidies to lawyers assigned to handle legal aid cases after receiving the closing materials.
The subsidy standard shall be determined by the judicial administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the financial departments at the same level, according to the local economic development level, the average cost of participating legal aid institutions in handling various legal aid cases and other factors, and may be adjusted as needed.
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According to the provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if a criminal suspect or defendant is a mental patient who is blind, deaf, dumb or has not completely lost the ability to identify or control his own behavior, and has not entrusted a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to defend his appointed lawyer.
If a criminal suspect or defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death without entrusting a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.
The forms of legal aid include both litigation legal services and non-litigation legal services. Mainly take the following forms: criminal defense and criminal agency; Agents in civil and administrative litigation; Non-litigation legal affairs agency; Notarial certificate.
Legal aid is a legal and institutionalized behavior and an important part of the national social security system. The recipients are people with financial difficulties, the disabled, the weak or special objects designated by the people's court. Legal aid institutions reduce legal service fees for recipients, and courts reduce case acceptance fees and other litigation fees for recipients.
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