Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka

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government legal department public sector institution

The Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka is the central legal institution responsible for providing legal advice to the government and representing the state in civil and criminal proceedings.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Attorney General's Department of Ceylon	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government legal department ⓘ public sector institution ⓘ
advises	Cabinet of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ government departments of Sri Lanka ⓘ ministries of the Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
associatedWith	Attorney General of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
employs	administrative staff ⓘ state attorneys ⓘ
handles	constitutional matters involving the state ⓘ fundamental rights applications against the state ⓘ international legal matters involving Sri Lanka ⓘ public law litigation involving the government ⓘ
headOfDepartment	Attorney General of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	part of the executive branch ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversees	additional solicitors general ⓘ deputy solicitors general ⓘ senior state counsels ⓘ state counsels ⓘ
participatesIn	treaty negotiations on legal aspects ⓘ
partOf	Government of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole	chief legal advisor to the Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
reportsTo	President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents	Government of Sri Lanka in certain international tribunals NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Sri Lanka in domestic courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	appearing before the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka ⓘ appearing before the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ⓘ conducting prosecutions in serious criminal cases ⓘ drafting and vetting legislation ⓘ providing legal advice to the Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ representing the state in civil proceedings ⓘ representing the state in criminal proceedings ⓘ
subjectArea	civil law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ international law ⓘ public law ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	non-ministerial government department ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Government of Sri Lanka → hasAgency → Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka ⓘ

judiciary of Ceylon → relatedInstitution → Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attorney General's Department of Ceylon