What if the ex-servicemen need legal aid?

Legal analysis: Applicants can apply for assistance directly at the municipal legal aid center or the legal aid institutions in all districts and counties of the city. Please check the detailed address and telephone number of this institution, or fill out the legal aid application form online to apply for assistance. Legal aid is a system that provides completely free legal help for the parties in financial difficulties or special cases. The forms of service can be legal consultation, drafting legal documents, providing criminal defense, civil and administrative litigation agency, non-litigation legal affairs agency, etc. The purpose is to ensure that citizens will not be at a disadvantage before the law because of lack of economic ability or weak position, so as to protect their legitimate rights and interests.

Legal basis: Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Legal Aid.

Article 10 For the following matters that need to be represented due to economic difficulties, citizens who have not entrusted an agent may apply to legal aid institutions for legal aid:

(1) Requesting state compensation according to law;

(2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits;

(3) Requesting pensions and relief funds;

(4) Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony;

(5) Requesting payment of labor remuneration;

(six) to claim the civil rights and interests arising from the courageous behavior. The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may make supplementary provisions on legal aid matters other than those stipulated in the preceding paragraph. Citizens may apply to legal aid institutions for legal advice on matters specified in the first and second paragraphs of this article.

Eleventh in criminal proceedings, under any of the following circumstances, citizens can apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions:

(1) The criminal suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after being interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or from the date when compulsory measures are taken;

(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 examination and prosecution;

(three) since the case of private prosecution was accepted by the people's court, the private prosecutor and his legal representative have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties.