According to Article 58 of the Civil Procedure Law, the parties and their legal representatives may entrust one or two people as litigation agents.
The following people can be entrusted as litigation agents:
(1) Lawyers and grassroots legal service workers;
(2) Close relatives of the parties or Staff;
(3) Citizens recommended by the community, unit and relevant social groups where the parties are located.
Criminal Procedure Law
Article 32: In addition to exercising the right of defense, criminal suspects and defendants may also entrust one or two people as defenders. The following people can be entrusted as defenders:
(1) Lawyers;
(2) People recommended by people's organizations or the unit where the criminal suspect or defendant works;
< p>(3) Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants.Persons who have been sentenced to a penalty or deprived or restricted of personal freedom in accordance with the law may not serve as defenders.
Article 33: In public prosecution cases, from the date the case is transferred for review and prosecution, the criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender. The defendant in a private prosecution case has the right to entrust a defender at any time.
The People’s Procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receipt of case materials transferred for review and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect of the right to entrust a defender. Within three days from the date of accepting a private prosecution case, the People's Court shall inform the defendant of the right to entrust a defender.
Article 34: In a case where the public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, if the defendant fails to retain a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, the people's court may designate a lawyer with legal aid obligations to defend him.
If the defendant is blind, deaf, mute or a minor and has not retained a defender, the people's court shall designate a lawyer with legal aid obligations to defend him.
If the defendant may be sentenced to death but has not retained a defender, the people's court shall designate a lawyer with legal aid obligations to defend him.