Ministry_of_Justice_(Republic_of_China)

Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)

Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)

Ministry of the Republic of China responsible for law

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ, Chinese: 法務部; pinyin: Fǎwùbù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoat-bū-pō͘) is a ministerial level governmental body of the Republic of China (Taiwan), responsible for carrying out various judicial functions.

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History

Former Ministry of Judicial Administration of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

Taiwan's first Justice Ministry was created in 1895 under Japan's Ministry of Justice, founded in 1871 during the Meiji era, when Taiwan was under colonial rule.

The Ministry of Justice was established in 1912 upon the establishment of the Republic of China, with the first Minister of Justice being Mao Zhuquan. After China was unified under the Nationalist government, the Judicial Yuan was inaugurated and the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Judicial Administration and placed under administration of the Judicial Yuan. In 1943, the ministry was shifted from the Judicial Yuan to the Executive Yuan. After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the administration was shifted to Taipei. On 1 July 1980, the ministry was renamed again as the Ministry of Justice.[2][3]

Organizational structure

The Ministry of Justice has the following branches:

Departments

  • Department of Legal System
  • Department of Legal Affairs
  • Department of Prosecutorial Affairs
  • Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs
  • Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Protection
  • Department of Government Employee Ethics[4]
  • Department of Personnel
  • Department of Accounting
  • Department of Statistics
  • Department of Information Management
  • Secretariat

Affiliated agencies

[5]

  • Investigation Bureau
  • Administrative Enforcement Agency
  • Agency Against Corruption
  • Agency of Corrections[6]
  • Prosecutors Office
  • Academy for the Judiciary
  • Institute of Forensic Medicine

Functions

  • Legal Affairs
  • Procuratorial Administration
  • Correctional Operations
  • Judicial Protection
  • Operations on Government Employee Ethics
  • Information Management
  • Investigation Work
  • Cultivation of Personnel[7]

List of ministers

Political parties:   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Non-partisan/ unknown

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Access

The MOJ building is within walking distance just north of the Xiaonanmen Station of the Taipei Metro on the Green Line.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    First female Minister of Justice.

References

  1. [1]
    https://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=299091&CtNode=27901&mp=001
  2. [2]
    "History (including voice)". Ministry of Justice. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    "部史" (in Chinese). Ministry of Justice. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Organization and Functions-Organization and Functions-Ministry of Justice". Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  5. [5]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. [6]
    "Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice". Archived from the original on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  7. [7]
    "Business Affairs-Business Affairs-Ministry of Justice". Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  8. [8]
    "Ministry of Justice, Section 1, Chóngqìng South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taiwan". Google Maps. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
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