- Department of Justice (Hong Kong)
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Department of Justice 律政司 Agency overview Headquarters 23rd Floor, High Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong Employees 1,084[1] Annual budget 949.2m HKD[1] Agency executive Wong Yan Lung, SC, JP, Secretary for Justice Website www.doj.gov.hk The Department of Justice (Chinese: 律政司) is the department responsible for the laws of Hong Kong headed by the Secretary for Justice. Before 1997, the names of the department and the position was the Legal Department (律政署) and Attorney General (律政司) respectively.
Contents
Organization
- Prosecutions Division (Hong Kong) - the prosecution in the majority of Court of First Instance and District Court
- Civil Division - headed by the Law Officer (Civil Law), provides legal advice on civil law to all Government bureaux and departments and represents the Government both as solicitors and as barristers in all civil litigation, including arbitrations
- Legal Policy Division - servicing the needs of the Solicitor General, and giving legal policy advice in respect of matters currently being considered by the Government
- Law Drafting Division - is responsible for drafting almost all legislation, and all Government subsidiary legislation
- International Law Division - is headed by the Law Officer (International Law) and provides advice on public international law to the Government and negotiates, or provides legal advisers on negotiations, for bilateral agreements. Also handles mutual judicial assistance matters.
- Administration and Development Division - is headed by the Director of Administration and Development
Politics and government of Hong Kong Basic Law
Chief Executive: Donald Tsang
Government
Chief Secretary: Stephen Lam
Financial Secretary: John Tsang
Secretary for Justice: Wong Yan-lung
Executive Council
Convenor of unofficials: Ronald Arculli
Bureaus, depts, etc.
Political Appointments Accountability System
Legislative Council
President: Jasper Tsang
Geographical constituency
Functional constituency
Elections
Political parties
Pan-democracy camp
Pro-Beijing camp
Judiciary
Court of Final Appeal
Chief Justice: Geoffrey Ma
High Court
Districts
District Councils
Human rights
Foreign relations
Universal suffrageOther Hong Kong topics Culture - Economy
Education - Geography - History
Hong Kong PortalSee also
References
- ^ a b budget.gov.hk
External links
Office of the Chief Executive (Hong Kong) Director of the Chief Executive's Office: Gabriel LeungPublic Service Commission • Office of the Ombudsman • Independent Commission Against Corruption • Audit Commission • Central Policy Unit • Secretary for Justice • Chief Secretary for Administration • Financial SecretarySecretary for Justice (Hong Kong) Secretary for Justice: Wong Yan LungDepartment of JusticeCategories:- Hong Kong government departments and agencies
- Prosecution
- Ministries established in 1997
- Hong Kong Government stubs
- Law enforcement stubs
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