This department replaced the former Legal Department (律政司) of the colonial government of Hong Kong. The Legal Department of Hong Kong was the department headed by the Attorney General and responsible for laws of the colony. ...
The head of this department is the Secretary for Justice (律政司司長), whom acts also as Attorney General, although the title no longer exists. Secretary for Justice (律政å¸å¸é•·) is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ...
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The Secretary for Justice (SJ) is responsible for legal matters of the government and prosecution for criminal cases in the territory.
The Department of Justice is led by the Secretary for Justice (Legal Department and Attorney General before the transfer of sovereignty).
The Secretary for Justice (SJ) is responsible for all prosecutions in HongKong, drafting all Government legislation, and advising other policy bureaux and departments of the governmenton a vast array of legal issues.
HONGKONG (CNN) -- The territory's top justice official survived a vote of no confidence Thursday, but sharp accusations that she has compromised the justice system to please HongKong and Beijing leaders left her image in tatters.
Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung has come under sharp fire in a variety of recent controversies, including her decision to refrain from prosecuting a prominent publisher in a circulation fraud case in which the publisher was named as a co-conspirator.
The HongKong government was not pleased with part of the wording and asked for a clarification from the court, but Leung soon was attacked when it emerged she had approached Andrew Li, chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal, to alert him that the government's request was coming.
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