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JUSTICE
Number of instituted cases is the number of cases having criminal

signs which have been decided to prosecute by authorized agencies.
Number of instituted people is the number of persons or legal

entities that have been decided to prosecute by authorized agencies.
Number of prosecuted cases is the number of cases that the
procuracy decided to bring to the court by indictments or prosecution
decisions.

Number of prosecuted defendants is the number of defendants
whom the Procuracy decided to bring to the court by the indictment or
prosecution decision.

Number of sentenced cases and offenders are the number of cases and
defendants that the lower People's court has made trial and declared guilty.

Instituted person/accused person is a person or a legal entity that is
prosecuted criminal. The rights and obligations of instituted person as legal
entity are made through the legal representative of the legal entity
according to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law.

Defendant is a person or a legal entity that has been to trial by the
court. The rights and obligations of defendant as legal entity are made
through the legal representative of the legal entity according to provisions
of the Criminal Procedure Law.

The number of people receiving legal aid is an indicator reflecting
the development level of the judiciary with aim of serving people. The
number of legal aid recipients is the number of times that the legal aid
beneficiaries are provided with free legal services according to provisions

of the legal aid law.
Persons who are provided with free legal services belong to the
following categories: National devotees, poor households, children, ethnic
minority population residing in areas with especially difficult socio-
economic conditions, accused persons aged between full 16 and under 18
years of age, accused people from near-poverty household, persons having

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