1. Defenders may meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody with the permission of people's courts and people's procuratorates.
2. With the permission of the people's court and the people's procuratorate, the defender may consult, extract and copy the case file materials from the date of examination and prosecution by the people's procuratorate.
3. The defender may apply to the people's court or the people's procuratorate for obtaining the evidence materials collected by the public security organs and the people's procuratorate in the process of investigation, examination and prosecution to prove the innocence or light crime of the criminal suspect or defendant.
Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 39 A defense lawyer may meet and correspond with a criminal suspect or defendant in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody.
Article 40 From the date when the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes a case, the defense lawyer may consult, extract and copy the case file. Other defenders may also consult, extract and copy the above materials with the permission of the people's court or the people's procuratorate.
Article 41 Defenders who believe that the evidence materials collected by public security organs and people's procuratorates to prove the innocence or minor crimes of criminal suspects and defendants have not been submitted have the right to apply to the people's procuratorates and people's courts for retrieval.