Puerto Rico Department of Justice

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government ministry justice ministry public prosecution service

The Puerto Rico Department of Justice is the chief legal and prosecutorial authority of the Commonwealth, responsible for enforcing its laws and representing the government in legal matters.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico	1
Office of the Solicitor General of Puerto Rico	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government ministry ⓘ justice ministry ⓘ public prosecution service ⓘ
appliesLaw	Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico regulations of Puerto Rico executive agencies ⓘ statutory law of Puerto Rico ⓘ
appliesTo	territory of Puerto Rico ⓘ
country	Puerto Rico ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	PRDOJ ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.justicia.pr.gov/ ⓘ
headedBy	Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San Juan ⓘ surface form: San Juan, Puerto Rico
jurisdiction	Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	executive department of the Government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system of Puerto Rico ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Standard Time
mainFunction	issuance of legal opinions to government agencies of Puerto Rico ⓘ prosecution of criminal offenses under Puerto Rico law ⓘ representation of Puerto Rico in civil and administrative proceedings ⓘ
nativeName	Puerto Rico Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico
nativeNameLanguage	es ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of Puerto Rico
oversees	Puerto Rico Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of the Solicitor General of Puerto Rico district attorneys of Puerto Rico ⓘ special prosecutors of Puerto Rico ⓘ
partOf	Government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
responsibility	advising the Government of Puerto Rico on legal matters ⓘ civil representation of the Government of Puerto Rico ⓘ criminal prosecution in Puerto Rico courts ⓘ defense of the Commonwealth in lawsuits ⓘ enforcement of the laws of Puerto Rico ⓘ investigation and prosecution of public corruption cases under Puerto Rico law ⓘ oversight of public prosecutors in Puerto Rico ⓘ protection of the public interest in legal proceedings ⓘ representation of Puerto Rico in appellate litigation ⓘ
role	chief legal authority of Puerto Rico ⓘ chief prosecutorial authority of Puerto Rico ⓘ principal legal representative of the Government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
subordinateTo	Governor of Puerto Rico ⓘ
worksWith	Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety ⓘ Puerto Rico Police Bureau ⓘ United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puerto Rico Penal Code → enforcedBy → Puerto Rico Department of Justice ⓘ

Puerto Rico Rules of Criminal Procedure → enforcedBy → Puerto Rico Department of Justice ⓘ

Government of Puerto Rico → hasAgency → Puerto Rico Department of Justice ⓘ

Puerto Rico Department of Justice → nativeName → Puerto Rico Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Department of Justice → oversees → Puerto Rico Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Solicitor General of Puerto Rico