Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)

Taiwanese ministry responsible for law

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

History

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

Taiwan's first justice ministry was created as part of the Government-General of Taiwan when Taiwan was under Japanese rule.^[1]

The Republic of China's Ministry of Justice was established in 1912 in mainland China. After several name changes, the Ministry of Judicial Administration began its administration in Taiwan in 1945, before the central government was shifted to Taipei in 1949 after the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan. On 1 July 1980, the ministry was renamed again to 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

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

• Justice ministry
• Constitution of the Republic of China
• Six Codes
• Law of Taiwan
• Law schools in Taiwan
• Judicial Yuan
• Politics of the Republic of China
• Supreme Court of the Republic of China
• Supreme Prosecutors Office
• Taiwan High Prosecutors Office
• District Courts (Taiwan)

Notes

1. Originally established on 1 January 1912 in Mainland China
2. First female Minister of Justice.

References

1. Chen, Chih-hsiung. "高野孟矩：司法獨立奮鬥史之第一人". National Chiao Tung University (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
2. "History (including voice)". Ministry of Justice. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
3. "部史" (in Chinese). Ministry of Justice. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
4. "Organization and Functions-Organization and Functions-Ministry of Justice". Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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. "Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice". Archived from the original on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
7. "Business Affairs-Business Affairs-Ministry of Justice". Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
8. "Ministry of Justice, Section 1, Chóngqìng South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taiwan". Google Maps. Retrieved 2020-10-10.

External links

• Official website