The following Departments are formed under the Staff Office of the Ministry of Legal Affairs:
(a) Administration and Human Resource Management Division;
(1) Human Resource Management Section;
(b) Policies, Laws and Procedures Vetting and Functional Inspection Division;
(c) Planning and Statistics Division;
(d) Internal Audit and Budget Division;
(1) Monitoring and Evaluation Section;
(e) Local and Foreign Relations and Information Division;
Functions of the Administration and Human Resource Management Division
(a) preforming administrative matters of the Staff Office of the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(b) performing matters of administration for personnel affairs assigned by the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union;
(c) selecting and sending trainees to local and foreign training courses, and cooperating in opening training courses organized by the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(d) cooperating in selecting and sending representatives to local and foreign seminars, exhibitions and workshops.
Functions of the Human Resource Management Section
(1) making assessment records of the individual’s capacity of the officers and staff serving in different levels of Law Offices and the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(2) reviewing whether officers and staff perform the specified duties skillfully and submitting it to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union;
(3) reviewing the existing workloads and workforce, and submitting the necessary work plans to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union;
(4) offering suggestions to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union that what kind of training should be provided, what position officers or staff shall hold to attend a certain training, and who should be dispatched to attend the local and international training;
(5) making a study on the basic needs of the staff and finding the ways to fulfil the staff’s needs, and submitting them to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union;
(6) carrying out the tasks as assigned from time to time.
Functions of the Policies, Laws and Procedures Vetting and Functional Inspection Division
(a) cooperating in issuing, amending and inserting policy, law, rules, notification, order, directives and procedures of the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(b) scrutinizing whether or not the work reports submitted by each department in the Ministry of Legal Affairs are in conformity with the policy and procedure;
(c) cooperating in the dissemination of facts relating to agreements between the Union Attorney General’s Office and international, multinational or regional organization;
(d) cooperating and coordinating in replying to the questions of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the Pyithu Hluttaw and the Amyotha Hluttaw, undertaking matters on pledges and replying to legal opinion at the request of government departments and organizations;
(e) preparing and submitting forwarding letters to the Union Government;
(f) scrutinizing the policy of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and departmental activities and submitting them to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union.
Functions of the Legal Research Section
(1) collecting the required data for the meetings of the Bodies/ Boards and Working Committes comprising the Union Minister and Union Attorney General, and the Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General;
(2) supporting seminars and legal research conducted by the
Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(3) making arrangements to cooperate with local and international researchers, scholars and organizations to develop the Legal Research;
(4) submitting research topics which will be explored by the research teams to the research supervision team;
(5) carrying out the tasks as assigned from time to time.
Functions of the Planning and Statistics Division
(a) cooperating in drawing long-term, short-term and annual plan and reporting on the progress of the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(b) cooperating and coordinating for the implementation of the Ministry of Legal Affairs project and Region or State Advocate General’s Office project;
(c) compiling plan and statistics of the departments in the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(d) compiling and keeping the statistics of the Ministry of Legal Affairs by using information and communication technology;
(e) cooperating in collecting and distributing information between the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Region or State Advocates General’s Office via computer network;
(f) participating in the functions of information and communication technology of the Union Government;
(g) cooperating and coordinating in doing research works by the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(h) keeping records of the activities of the Bar Council by using information and communication technology.
Functions of the Internal Audit and Financial Division
(a) cooperating in auditing the monthly budget of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and various levels of law offices in the Union Territory;
(b) examining the receipts and expenditures of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and various levels of law offices in the Union Territory to be accurated and submitting them to the Attorney General of the Union;
(c) cooperating in the internal audit work of the Ministry of Legal Affairs.
Functions of the Monitoring and Evaluation Section
(1) conducting monitoring and evaluation under the monitoring and evaluation system of the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(2) submitting the reports on Functions of the Departments to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union;
(3) submitting the reports on the Strategic Plan to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union;
(4) conducting surveys, and monitoring and evaluation of the capacities and achievements of the officers and staff in performing their duties;
(5) conducting monitoring and evaluation of the qualifications of officers and staff who attended the local and international training and submitting it to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union;
(6) submitting assessment reports on training provided by the Ministry of Legal Affairs to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union;
(7) making a study on the programmes and work plans to be initiated by the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Departments and offering advice to the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union;
(8) carry out the tasks as assigned from time to time.
Functions of Local and Foreign Relations and Information Division
(a) arranging communication with the Ministry of Legal Affairs and international, multinational or regional organizations;
(b) arranging communication with the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Region or State Advocates General’s Office, government departments and organizations;
(c) cooperating in the arrangement of work relating to local and foreign meeting and seminar;
(d) collecting international information and press release if necessary
(e) responding to and taking action against the distribution of disinformation about the performance of the and various levels of law offices.
Functions of the Rule of Law and Justice Sector Coordinating Section, and Private Individual’s Submissions Scrutiny Section
(1) receiving and scrutinizing private individual’s submissions, and forwarding them to the Department or respective Ministry or Organization if necessary;
(2) coordinating with the respective Ministry and Organization if necessary, regarding private individual’s submissions;
(3) cooperating with the respective Departments and Organizations in raising awareness of rule of law and justice;
(4) cooperating with the Rule of Law and Justice Sector Coordinating Body in conducting meetings and seminars;
(5) carrying out the tasks as assigned from time to time.
(a) performing administrative matters of the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union and the Deputy Minister and the Deputy Attorney General,
(b) arranging matters in respect of coordination meetings of the Union Minister and Attorney General of the Union and Head of Department and Divisions in the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(c) compiling and keeping records of the Ministry of Legal Affairs;
(d) performing the Office work of the Bar Council.