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Encyclopedia > Department of Justice (Hong Kong)

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 (律政司司長) 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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Government of Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (844 words)
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 Hong Kong, drafting all Government legislation, and advising other policy bureaux and departments of the governmenton a vast array of legal issues.
CNN - Hong Kong justice chief beats no-confidence vote - March 11, 1999 (865 words)
HONG KONG (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 Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong 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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