Citizens of the people's Republic of China, with the following conditions, may apply for legal aid:

1 justify to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests need help;

2 because of economic difficulties, no ability or no ability to pay legal fees (citizens with economic difficulties by all standards by reference to the provisions of the local government).

Two, blind, deaf, dumb and juvenile criminal defendant or criminal suspect, not entrust a lawyer, should obtain the legal aid.

Other disabled people, the elderly criminal defendant or criminal suspect, because of financial difficulties can not afford to hire a lawyer, can obtain legal aid.

May be sentenced to death penalty criminal defendants not entrust a lawyer, should obtain the legal aid.

Three, criminal cases of foreign nationality if the accused does not entrust a defender, designated by the people's court attorney, can obtain legal aid.

Four, the legal aid applicants meet the conditions, the examination and approval or acceptance of designated by the people's court for criminal defendants, suspects to the recipient. In the process of legal aid, the recipient can understand the progress of activities for the provision of legal aid; the recipient has proved to undertake legal aid personnel not properly perform their duties, may request a change of the undertaker.

Five, the recipient and get more benefit for solving assistance needed cases or matters, shall pay the service fees to the legal aid institutions.