During the detention center, the criminal suspect himself may apply for legal aid due to financial difficulties. According to Article 2 of the Measures of the Ministry of Justice of the Supreme People's Court on the Pilot Work of Full Coverage of Lawyers' Defense in Criminal Cases, the defendant has the right to entrust a lawyer as a defender in addition to exercising the right of defense by himself. If the defendant has the circumstances stipulated in Articles 34 and 267 of the Criminal Procedure Law that he should be notified to defend, and fails to entrust a defender, the people's court shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him. In addition to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the defendant fails to entrust a defender in other cases of first instance and second instance and cases tried in accordance with the procedure of trial supervision, the people's court shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him. Article 11 of the Regulations on Legal Aid in Criminal Procedure: A citizen may apply for legal aid from a legal aid institution: (1) The criminal suspect has not hired a lawyer due to financial difficulties since the first interrogation by the investigation organ or compulsory measures; (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.

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Provisions on legal aid in criminal proceedings Article 2 If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties, his close relatives may apply for legal aid from 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. Under any of the following circumstances, if a criminal suspect or defendant does not entrust a defender, he may apply for legal aid in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph: (1) There is evidence to prove that the criminal suspect or defendant belongs to Grade I or II mental disability; (2) In the same criminal case, other criminal suspects and defendants have entrusted defenders; (3) The people's procuratorate lodged a protest; (4) The case has a significant social impact.