1. Lawyers in criminal cases can meet within 48 hours with their practice certificates, law firm certificates, power of attorney or legal aid letters. When meeting with criminal suspects and defendants in custody, defense lawyers can understand the case and provide legal advice.
2. From the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution, the relevant evidence can be verified with the criminal suspect or defendant.
The rights of an agent ad litem are:
1. Conduct litigation activities in the name of the client. The purpose of litigation agency is to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the principal, so litigation can only be carried out in the name of the principal, not in its own name;
2. An agent ad litem is a person with legal capacity. A person without legal capacity cannot act as an agent ad litem. In litigation, the agent ad litem loses his capacity for litigation, that is, he loses his qualification as an agent ad litem.
3. Conduct litigation within the agency's authority. The agent ad litem's power of agency comes from the legal provisions or the authorization of the parties. Any lawsuit beyond the power of attorney is invalid and cannot produce the effect of procedural law;
4. The legal consequences of litigation agency shall be borne by the client.
Legal basis: Article 39 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Defense lawyers can meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants 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.
If a defense lawyer holds a lawyer's practice certificate, a law firm's certificate, a power of attorney or a letter of legal aid to ask for a meeting with the criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in time, which shall not exceed 48 hours at the latest.
When a defense lawyer meets a criminal suspect or defendant in custody, he can understand the case and provide legal advice. From the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution, the relevant evidence may be verified with the criminal suspect or defendant. Defense lawyers are not monitored when meeting with criminal suspects and defendants.
The provisions of paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall apply to the meetings and correspondence between defense lawyers and criminal suspects and defendants who are under surveillance.