(1) Criminal, civil and administrative litigation cases that have been filed shall be accepted by the legal aid center at the same level where the people's court with jurisdiction is located;
(2) Non-litigation legal affairs that do not need to be solved by the court shall be accepted by the legal aid center where the applicant is located or where the work unit is located;
(3) If two or more legal aid centers have jurisdiction over the same case, it shall be under the jurisdiction of the legal aid center that first accepted the application.
Legal basis: Legal Aid Ordinance
Eleventh in criminal proceedings, under any of the following circumstances, citizens can apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions:
(1) The criminal suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after being interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or from the date when compulsory measures are taken;
(2) The victim of a public prosecution case and his legal representative or close relatives have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties since the date when the case was transferred for examination and prosecution;
(three) since the case of private prosecution was accepted by the people's court, the private prosecutor and his legal representative have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties.
Article 12 In a case where a public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, if the defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, and the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid.