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Article 42 If the following defendants fail to entrust a defender, the people's court shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend them:
Blind and deaf;
(two) mental patients who have not completely lost the ability to identify or control their own behavior;
(3) Persons who may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death.
When a higher people's court reviews a death penalty case, if the defendant fails to entrust a defender, it shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.
Article 43 If the defendant fails to entrust a defender under any of the following circumstances, the people's court may notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him:
(1) In the same criminal case, other defendants have entrusted defenders;
(2) Cases with significant social impact;
(3) Cases protested by people's procuratorates;
(four) the defendant's behavior may not constitute a crime;
(5) Other circumstances in which lawyers need to be entrusted to provide defense.