Juvenile Justice Act Article 31

A juvenile, his/her statutory agent, or a person who currently protects the juvenile may select an assistant for the juvenile at any time.Where a juvenile commits an offense for a sentence more than three (3) years of imprisonment and has not selected an assistant, the juvenile court shall appoint an appropriate person to assist the said juvenile; the same rule shall apply to other circumstances where the court deems it necessary.Where an appointed assistant fails to appear before the court without justifiable cause in the hearing of a case specified in the preceding paragraph, the juvenile court may appointed another assistant to take his/her place.Where the juvenile court appoints an assistant in accordance with the two preceding paragraphs in a region where a public assistant is not available, the court may instead appoint an appropriate person to assist the juvenile.Relevant rules in the Act of Public Defender shall apply mutatis mutandis to matters related to a public assistant.Relevant rules in the Code of Criminal Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis to matters related to an assistant in a matter as long as it does not contradict the nature of juvenile protection.