Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope
This Law provides for legally-aided persons; legal aid-providing organizations; legal aid-providing persons; legal aid services and responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals in legal aid services.
Article 2. Legal aid
Legal aid means the provisions of legal services free of charge to legally-aided persons in a legal aid-related case in accordance with this Law, contributing to the assurance of human rights and citizenship in the access to justice and equality before the law.
Article 3. Principles of legal aid services
1. Compliance with law and professional regulations on legal aid.
2. Timeliness, independence, honesty and respect for objective truth.
3. Best protection of legitimate rights and interests of legally-aided persons.
4. Non-collection of fees, economic benefits or other benefits from legally-aided persons.
Article 4. Legal aid policies
1. It is the State's responsibility to provide legal aid.
2. The State shall have policy on assuring the rights to receive legal aid suitable for the economic-social conditions.
3. The State shall have policy on enhancement of the legal aid quality and attracting resources to deliver legal aid services.
4. The State shall support, encourage, record and honor agencies, organizations and individuals involved in legal aid services.
Article 5. Financial sources used for legal aid
1. Financial sources for the legal aid services include state budget; contributions and donations of foreign and domestic organizations, individuals and other lawful capital sources.
2. The funding from the state budget is allocated in the annual state budget of the legal aid authority in accordance with the Law on budget.
Local governments that have not balanced the budget shall prioritize the allocation of budget capital from the annual additional funding to support the settlement of typical or complex legal aid-related cases.
3. Funding for legal aid services of voluntary organizations shall be guaranteed by such organizations.
Article 6. Prohibited acts in legal aid services
1. Legal aid-providing organizations and individuals may not commit the following acts:
a) Infringe upon the dignity, honor or legitimate rights and interests of legally-aided persons; discriminate against legally-aided persons;
b) Receive or demand any sum of money, economic benefits or other benefits from legally-aided persons; harass legally-aided persons;
c) Disclose information on legal aid-related cases or legally-aided persons unless it is agreed in writing by legally-aided persons or otherwise provided for by law.
d) Refuse or discontinue the provision of legal aid services, except for cases specified in this Law and regulations on procedures;
dd) Abuse legal aid services for self-seeking activities, encroach on national security and defense, disturb social order and safety, cause adverse impacts on social ethics;
e) Incite, provoke legally-aided persons to declare and supply false information and documents or to make complaints or denunciations or initiate lawsuits in contravention of law.
2. Legally-aided persons, agencies, organizations and individuals engaged in legal aid services may not commit the following acts:
a) Violate health, life, dignity, honor of legal aid-providing persons and the reputation of organizations providing legal aid services;
b) Deliberately provide false information and documents on legal aid-related cases;
c) Threaten, obstruct or illegally interfere in legal aid services; disturb, cause troubles and seriously violate regulations at legal aid-providing places.
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