Provisions on summoning and notifying family members in criminal cases

Legal analysis: family members will not be notified in person, but according to relevant laws and regulations, the people's court should do the following work before the court session:

(1) Determining the presiding judge and members of the collegial panel;

(2) serving a copy of the indictment on the defendant and the defender ten days before the court session;

(three) five days before the court session, notify the parties and their legal representatives, defenders and agents ad litem to provide a list of witnesses and expert witnesses and evidence to appear in court; To apply for a witness, an expert witness or a person with specialized knowledge to appear in court, the name, gender, age, occupation, address and contact information of the relevant personnel shall be listed;

(4) Notify the people's procuratorate of the time and place of the court session three days before the court session;

(five) three days before the opening of the court session, serve a summons to summon the parties and a notice to inform the defenders, agents ad litem, legal representatives, witnesses and expert witnesses to appear in court; Notify the relevant personnel to appear in court, or confirm the other party's receipt by telephone, SMS, fax, e-mail or instant messaging; In criminal cases involving stakeholders with a large number of victims, relevant documents can be published through the Internet to notify relevant personnel to appear in court;

(6) For a case to be tried in public, the cause of action, the name of the defendant, the time and place of the court session shall be announced three days before the court session.

Legal basis: Article 221st of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Where a local people's procuratorate lodges a protest against the judgment or ruling of the people's court of first instance at the same level, it shall lodge a protest through the people's court that originally tried the case and send a copy of the protest to the people's procuratorate at the next higher level. The people's court that originally tried the case shall transfer the protest together with the case file and evidence to the people's court at the next higher level and send a copy of the protest to the parties. If the people's procuratorate at a higher level thinks that the protest is improper, it may withdraw the protest from the people's court at the same level and notify the people's procuratorate at a lower level.