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The Secretary for Justice, nominated by the Chinese government on the advice of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, is an ex officio member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. The Secretary takes office after appointment by the Government of the People's Republic of China , which is responsible for Hong Kong's foreign affairs and defence .
On 19 June 2022, Lam was appointed (pursuant to Article 15 of the Basic Law) by the Central People's Government, on the nomination of the Chief Executive-elect of Hong Kong John Lee, as the 5th Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong (taking office on 1 July 2022 in the 6th Government of the Hong Kong SAR).
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is the department responsible for legal policy, the administration of justice, drafting legislation, and providing legal advice to the government in Hong Kong. It is headed by the Secretary for Justice , who reports to the Chief Executive directly.
On 3 July 2020, the Chinese official media, Xinhua News Agency, stated that the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was formally established. There were 10 members of the committee. As the Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong, Cheng was a member of the committee. [19]
Secretary for Justice v Yau Yuk Lung Zigo and Another (Chinese: 《律政司司長訴丘旭龍》) was a controversial and significant judicial review court case in Hong Kong. The case was mainly about sexual orientation discrimination and legal procedures of potentially unconstitutional legislation.
This is a list of government agencies of the Hong Kong Government. The policies of the government are formulated decided by the bureaux led by secretaries and permanent secretaries are discussed in the Executive Council and implemented by the departments and agencies.
HONG KONG. Hong Kong's leader John Lee accused unidentified foreign forces of “slandering” the city's judiciary, the department of justice and law enforcement agencies, accusing them of ...
Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung GBM SC JP (Chinese: 袁國強; born 17 June 1964) is a barrister who served as the third Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2018.. He was the chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2007 to 2010, as well as a member of the Guangdong Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, prior to his appointment as Secretary for Justice.