Which department of public security law has more power?

The powers of the public security and legal departments are equal. The departments of public security and procuratorial law perform their respective duties and restrict each other. The Public Security Bureau and the Judicial Bureau are administrative organs, but they also have judicial functions. The public security bureau has the power of criminal investigation, and the judicial bureau is responsible for prison management. The procuratorate is not only a legal supervision organ but also a judicial organ, which is responsible for prosecuting criminals on behalf of the state, and also has the power of criminal investigation of duty crimes. The court is the judicial organ.

How to apply for criminal legal aid from the Public Security Department?

1. If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust a defender under any of the following circumstances, the public security organ, the people's procuratorate and the people's court shall, within 3 days from the date of discovering the situation, notify the legal aid institution affiliated to the local judicial administrative organ at the same level to appoint a lawyer to defend him. Minors, blind, deaf, dumb and mentally ill who have not completely lost their ability to identify or control their behavior may be sentenced to life imprisonment.

2. Legal aid can be obtained upon application. If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties, he or her and his close relatives may apply for legal aid to the legal aid institutions affiliated to the judicial administrative organs at the same level where the public security organs, people's procuratorates and people's courts are located. Generally speaking, no matter what kind of criminal cases, you can apply for legal aid if you are really in financial difficulties and unable or completely unable to pay for legal services.

Legal basis: Article 3 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Public security organs are responsible for the investigation, detention, execution of arrest and preliminary examination of criminal cases. The people's procuratorate shall be responsible for the prosecution, approval of arrest, investigation and prosecution of cases directly accepted by procuratorial organs. The people's court is responsible for the trial. Except as otherwise specified by law, no other organ, organization or individual has the right to exercise these powers. In criminal proceedings, the people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs must strictly abide by the relevant provisions of this Law and other laws.

Article 7

In criminal proceedings, the people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs should be responsible for the division of labor, cooperate with each other and restrict each other to ensure the accurate and effective implementation of the law.