Attorney General's Department provides legal assistance to the Central Government, Provincial Councils, Government Departments, Statutory Boards and other Semi Government institutions. Legal officers of the Department provide instructions to the Government and Governmental Institutions on Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Commercial matters and represent the Government and Governmental Institutions for the Cases, instituted in the Supreme Court, other Courts and labor tribunals in the Island.
Organisationedit
Three main Divisions named Civil Division, Criminal Division and State Attorney Division have been established in the Department for Civil and Criminal Cases and the Establishment Division & Account Division have been established to conduct administrative work. In addition to those divisions, Corporation Division, EER Unit, which performs duties under Extra Emergency Regulations and Prevention of Terrorism Act, Child Abuse Cases Unit, Immigration & Emigration Unit, Public Petitions Unit and Supreme Court Unit have been established for the smooth functioning of the Attorney General's Department.
Current attorney generaledit
As of May 2021, Sanjay Rajaratnam is the current attorney general of Sri Lanka, he was appointed by the Parliamentary Council approved, replacing the previous AG Dappula de Livera.[2][3][4][5]
Organizational structureedit
Lawyers' of the Attorney General's Department are known as the Law Officers.
attorney, general, department, lanka, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, attorney, general, department,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Attorney General s Department Sri Lanka news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Attorney General s Department is a non ministerial government department in Sri Lanka that supports the attorney general and his her deputy the solicitor general The department is headed by the attorney general and comes under the purview of the Ministry of Justice The office of Attorney General was formally adopted in the year 1884 Attorney General s Departmentන ත පත ද ප ර තම න ත ව சட டம அத பர த ண க களம Agency overviewFormed1884JurisdictionThe Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaEmployees553 1 Annual budgetLKR 1 28 billion 2016 1 Agency executiveSanjay Rajaratnam Attorney GeneralSolicitor GeneralWebsitewww wbr attorneygeneral wbr gov wbr lk Contents 1 Operational functions 2 Organisation 2 1 Current attorney general 3 Organizational structure 4 Former posts 5 See also 6 External links and references 7 ReferencesOperational functions editAttorney General s Department provides legal assistance to the Central Government Provincial Councils Government Departments Statutory Boards and other Semi Government institutions Legal officers of the Department provide instructions to the Government and Governmental Institutions on Civil Criminal Constitutional and Commercial matters and represent the Government and Governmental Institutions for the Cases instituted in the Supreme Court other Courts and labor tribunals in the Island Organisation editThree main Divisions named Civil Division Criminal Division and State Attorney Division have been established in the Department for Civil and Criminal Cases and the Establishment Division amp Account Division have been established to conduct administrative work In addition to those divisions Corporation Division EER Unit which performs duties under Extra Emergency Regulations and Prevention of Terrorism Act Child Abuse Cases Unit Immigration amp Emigration Unit Public Petitions Unit and Supreme Court Unit have been established for the smooth functioning of the Attorney General s Department Current attorney general edit As of May 2021 Sanjay Rajaratnam is the current attorney general of Sri Lanka he was appointed by the Parliamentary Council approved replacing the previous AG Dappula de Livera 2 3 4 5 Organizational structure editLawyers of the Attorney General s Department are known as the Law Officers Attorney General AG Solicitor General SG Senior Additional Solicitors General SASG Additional Solicitors General ASG Senior Deputy Solicitors General SDSG Deputy Solicitors General DSG Senior State Counsel State Counsel Assistant State Counsel Senior State Attorney State Attorney Senior Assistant State Attorney Assistant State AttorneyFormer posts editSenior Crown Counsel replaced by Senior State Counsel Crown Counsel replaced by State Counsel Crown Proctor replaced by State AttorneySee also editAttorney General of Sri Lanka Solicitor General of Sri Lanka Unofficial BarExternal links and references editAttorney General s DepartmentReferences edit a b Budget Estimates Fiscal Year 2017 Volume 1 Colombo Ministry of Finance Government of Sri Lanka 2017 p 305 Retrieved 30 August 2017 Parliament Council approves Sanjay Rajaratnam as AG Daily News Retrieved 2021 05 21 Sanjay Rajaratnam approved as new Attorney General www adaderana lk Retrieved 2021 05 21 Parliamentary Council approves Sanjay Rajaratnam as new AG Sri Lanka News Newsfirst 2021 05 20 Retrieved 2021 05 21 Parliamentary Council agrees to appoint Sanjay Rajaratnam as Attorney General www news lk Retrieved 2021 05 21 nbsp This article about law in Asia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Attorney General 27s Department Sri Lanka amp oldid 1103674465, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
