If you don’t have money to hire a lawyer to litigate, it’s not just self-defense. Our country has a legal aid system, and those who meet the corresponding conditions can apply for legal aid.
Scope of application for legal aid:
1. Requesting state compensation in accordance with the law.
2. Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits.
3. Requesting for the payment of pensions and relief funds.
4. Requesting payment of alimony, child-rearing, and support.
5. Request for payment of labor remuneration.
6. Claim the civil rights and interests arising from courageous acts of justice.
7. Personal injury compensation cases caused by medical accidents, traffic accidents, and work-related injuries.
8. Cases in which the victim requests divorce and personal injury compensation due to domestic violence, abuse, bigamy, etc.
9. The criminal suspect did not hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after being questioned for the first time by the investigation agency or from the date when compulsory measures were taken.
10. The victim, his legal representative or his close relatives do not retain a lawyer. The victim of a public prosecution case, his legal representative, and close relatives have not retained an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties since the date the case was transferred for review and prosecution.
11. The private prosecutor and his legal agent in a private prosecution case have not entrusted a litigation agent due to financial difficulties since the day the People's Court accepted the case.
12. In a case where the public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, and the defendant does not retain a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, and the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid.
13. If the defendant is blind, deaf, mute or a minor and has not appointed a defender, or the defendant may be sentenced to death but has not appointed a defender, if the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, Legal aid agencies should provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial status. To sum up, if a criminal suspect has no money to entrust a defender, it is not just for self-defense. The parties concerned can apply for legal aid. If they meet the conditions for legal aid, the legal aid agency will arrange for legal aid personnel to provide defense services.
Legal basis:
"Legal Aid Regulations"
Article 11
If any of the following circumstances occurs in criminal proceedings, Citizens can apply for legal aid from legal aid agencies:
(1) The criminal suspect did not hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after the first interrogation by the investigative agency or from the date when compulsory measures were taken;
(2) The criminal suspect did not hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after the first interrogation or from the date when compulsory measures were taken;
(2) Victims of public prosecution cases and their legal representatives Persons or close relatives who have not entrusted a litigation agent due to financial difficulties since the date the case was transferred for review and prosecution;
(3) The private prosecutor and his legal agent in a private prosecution case shall accept the case from the People's Court Since that date, no litigation attorney has been appointed due to financial difficulties.