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Article 8 Procedures for Handling Legal Aid Cases
Citizens applying for legal aid for matters specified in Article 10 of the Regulations on Legal Aid due to financial difficulties shall be accepted by the legal aid institution where the obligatory organ is located, where the obligor is domiciled or where the respondent is domiciled.
Citizens who apply for criminal legal aid due to financial difficulties as stipulated in Article 11 of the Regulations on Legal Aid shall be accepted by the legal aid institutions where the people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs are located.
Where an applicant applies to more than two legal aid institutions for the same matter, the legal aid institution that first received the application shall accept it.
Article 11
Criminal suspects, defendants, prisoners, reeducation-through-labor personnel and compulsory isolation drug addicts in custody may apply for legal aid through people's courts, people's procuratorates, public security organs or their prisons, detention centers, reeducation-through-labor management offices and compulsory isolation drug rehabilitation centers.