What does legal aid mean?

Legal aid refers to a legal guarantee system in which legal aid agencies established by the people's government organize, guide and coordinate lawyers, notaries, grassroots legal service workers and staff of legal aid agencies to provide free legal help to the parties in financial difficulties or special cases to ensure the realization of their legitimate rights and interests. What are the forms of legal aid?

Answering legal advice and drafting legal documents on behalf of others; Criminal defense and criminal agency; Agents in civil and administrative litigation; Non-litigation legal affairs agency; Handle notarial certificate; Other forms of legal services.

Scope of legal aid provided by legal aid institutions

1. Administrative and civil categories: claiming state compensation according to law; Requiring to enjoy social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits; Requesting the payment of pensions and relief funds; Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony; Asking for payment of labor remuneration; Advocating civil rights and interests arising from courageous acts; Legal affairs of recovering medical expenses and compensation for victims of traffic accidents, medical accidents, industrial accidents or other personal injury accidents; Disabled people, minors and the elderly pursue tort compensation; Other matters requiring legal aid.

2. Criminal organs: The criminal suspect takes compulsory measures after being interrogated by the investigation organ for the first time.

Since the date of application, he has not hired a lawyer due to financial difficulties; 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 review and prosecution; 3. Since the people's court accepted the case of private prosecution, the private prosecutor and his legal representative have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties.

3. Criminal defense: in a case where the public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, the defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons; The defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or a minor and has not entrusted a defender; The defendant may be sentenced to death without a lawyer.

Fourth, the object of legal aid.

1. Citizens with permanent residence or temporary residence permit in this province can apply for legal aid if they meet the following conditions: the case or incident occurred in this province and was accepted by the legal service institution or arbitration institution in this province according to law; Facts have proved that they need legal help to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests; Due to financial difficulties, unable or completely unable to pay legal service fees.

2. Blind, deaf, dumb and minors are criminal defendants or criminal suspects, and if they have not entrusted a defense lawyer, they shall obtain legal aid.

3. Other disabled and elderly people who are criminal defendants or criminal suspects and are unable to hire defense lawyers due to financial difficulties can obtain legal aid.

4. If a criminal defendant who may be sentenced to death fails to entrust a defense lawyer, he shall obtain legal aid.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) The rights and responsibilities of the receiver.

1. The parties who meet the conditions of legal aid and the criminal defendants and suspects designated by the people's courts are the recipients, and in the process of legal aid, they can know the progress of legal aid activities for them;

2. The recipient has facts to prove that the legal aid contractor fails to perform his duties, and may request the legal aid institution to replace the legal aid personnel;

3. The recipient has the obligation to truthfully state the facts and circumstances, provide relevant evidential materials, and assist legal aid institutions and legal aid personnel in their work;

4. During the period of receiving aid, if the recipient no longer meets the conditions of receiving aid due to the improvement of economic conditions, or gains significant benefits from receiving aid, he shall pay legal service fees and other related expenses to legal aid institutions in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.

5. Legal aid institutions and legal aid personnel may terminate legal aid if they find that the recipient does not meet the conditions for legal aid in the process of implementing legal aid; If legal aid has been completed, the legal aid institution has the right to collect handling fees and service fees from the recipient.

6. If the recipient obtains legal aid by deception, it shall pay the legal aid institution twice the total cost of legal services.

The above answers the question of legal aid. To put it simply, legal aid is an institution set up by the people's government for special groups, which helps recipients to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests through litigation without any return. It clearly defines the object and scope of assistance and is a powerful measure to protect the rights and interests of vulnerable groups. 1. Administrative and civil categories: claiming state compensation according to law; Requiring to enjoy social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits; Requesting the payment of pensions and relief funds; Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony; Asking for payment of labor remuneration; Advocating civil rights and interests arising from courageous acts; Legal affairs of recovering medical expenses and compensation for victims of traffic accidents, medical accidents, industrial accidents or other personal injury accidents; Disabled people, minors and the elderly pursue tort compensation; Other matters requiring legal aid.

2. Criminal organs: The criminal suspect takes compulsory measures after being interrogated by the investigation organ for the first time.

Since the date of application, he has not hired a lawyer due to financial difficulties; 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 review and prosecution; 3. Since the people's court accepted the case of private prosecution, the private prosecutor and his legal representative have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties.

3. Criminal defense: in a case where the public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, the defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons; The defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or a minor and has not entrusted a defender; The defendant may be sentenced to death without a lawyer.

Fourth, the object of legal aid.

1. Citizens with permanent residence or temporary residence permit in this province can apply for legal aid if they meet the following conditions: the case or incident occurred in this province and was accepted by the legal service institution or arbitration institution in this province according to law; Facts have proved that they need legal help to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests; Due to financial difficulties, unable or completely unable to pay legal service fees.

2. Blind, deaf, dumb and minors are criminal defendants or criminal suspects, and if they have not entrusted a defense lawyer, they shall obtain legal aid.

3. Other disabled and elderly people who are criminal defendants or criminal suspects and are unable to hire defense lawyers due to financial difficulties can obtain legal aid.

4. If a criminal defendant who may be sentenced to death fails to entrust a defense lawyer, he shall obtain legal aid.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) The rights and responsibilities of the receiver.

1. The parties who meet the conditions of legal aid and the criminal defendants and suspects designated by the people's courts are the recipients, and in the process of legal aid, they can know the progress of legal aid activities for them;

2. The recipient has facts to prove that the legal aid contractor fails to perform his duties, and may request the legal aid institution to replace the legal aid personnel;

3. The recipient has the obligation to truthfully state the facts and circumstances, provide relevant evidential materials, and assist legal aid institutions and legal aid personnel in their work;

4. During the period of receiving aid, if the recipient no longer meets the conditions of receiving aid due to the improvement of economic conditions, or gains significant benefits from receiving aid, he shall pay legal service fees and other related expenses to legal aid institutions in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.

5. Legal aid institutions and legal aid personnel may terminate legal aid if they find that the recipient does not meet the conditions for legal aid in the process of implementing legal aid; If legal aid has been completed, the legal aid institution has the right to collect handling fees and service fees from the recipient.

6. If the recipient obtains legal aid by deception, it shall pay the legal aid institution twice the total cost of legal services.

The above answers the question of legal aid. To put it simply, legal aid is an institution set up by the people's government for special people, which helps recipients to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests through litigation without any return. It clearly defines the recipients and the scope of assistance.

This is a powerful measure to protect the rights and interests of vulnerable groups.

legal ground

Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if a criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, he or his near relatives may apply to a legal aid institution. To meet the conditions of legal aid, legal aid institutions shall appoint lawyers to defend them.

If the criminal suspect or defendant is a mental patient who is blind, deaf, dumb or has not completely lost the ability to identify or control his own behavior, and has not entrusted a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.

If a criminal suspect or defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death without entrusting a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.