Criminal procedure law
Article 106 The meanings of the following terms in this Law are:
(1) "Investigation" refers to the special investigation and relevant compulsory measures conducted by public security organs and people's procuratorates in the process of handling cases according to law;
(2) "Parties" refer to victims, private prosecutors, criminal suspects, defendants, plaintiffs and defendants in incidental civil actions;
(3) "Legal representative" refers to the parents, adoptive parents and guardians of the client and the representatives of the organs and organizations responsible for protection;
(4) "Participants in litigation" refers to the parties, legal representatives, agents ad litem, defenders, witnesses, expert witnesses and translators;
"Agent ad litem" refers to the victim of a public prosecution case and his legal representative or near relative, the person entrusted by the private prosecutor and his legal representative in a private prosecution case to participate in the litigation on his behalf, and the person entrusted by the party involved in an incidental civil litigation and his legal representative to participate in the litigation on his behalf;
(6) "Close relatives" refer to husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters.
Article 182 After the people's court decides to hold a hearing, it shall determine the members of the collegial panel and serve a copy of the indictment of the people's procuratorate to the defendant and his defender ten days before the hearing.
Before the trial, the judge may convene the public prosecutor, the parties, the defenders and the agents ad litem to understand the issues related to the trial, such as withdrawal, the list of witnesses appearing in court, and the exclusion of illegal evidence, and listen to opinions.
After the people's court determines the date of the hearing, it shall notify the people's procuratorate of the time and place of the hearing, summon the parties, and notify the defenders, agents ad litem, witnesses, expert witnesses and translators. Summons and notices should be served at least three days before the trial. For a case to be tried in public, the cause of action, the name of the defendant, the time and place of the court session shall be announced in advance three days before the court session.
The above-mentioned activities shall be recorded in the record and signed by the judges and clerks.