This study aims to determine the law for the suspect to his right to obtain legal assistance and
mechanisms to get legal councel for the suspect in the investigation stage of criminal defendants
punishable as provided in article 56 point 1 of the Criminal Code. Types of legal research is
empirical legal research. Method of analysis used in this study is qualitative analysis undertaken
by understanding, by assembling or review of data collected systematically. While for the
process of reasoning used in drawing conclusions inductive method. The results of this research
is that legal safeguards for suspects of their right to legal assistance, refer to the liability
provisions of the normative law, investigator must submit a notice to the defendant that the
defendant shall be accompanied by legal councel. If this rule is violated by the investigating
authorities to suspect the information given suspect are not worthly to be brought to court
because the information they provide is not feasible. Mechanismn appointment of legal counsel
for the suspect in the stage investigation of the investigators sent a letter to one of the legal
councel’s office. With give the explanation based on law, suspects need to be accompanied by
without cost.