Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka

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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.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government legal department ⓘ
public sector institution ⓘ
advises Cabinet of Sri Lanka ⓘ
government departments of Sri Lanka ⓘ
ministries of the Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
associatedWith Attorney General of Sri Lanka ⓘ
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 ⓘ
jurisdiction Sri Lanka ⓘ
legalStatus part of the executive branch ⓘ
locatedIn Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
location Colombo ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
oversees additional solicitors general ⓘ
deputy solicitors general ⓘ
senior state counsels ⓘ
state counsels ⓘ
participatesIn treaty negotiations on legal aspects ⓘ
partOf Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
primaryRole chief legal advisor to the Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
reportsTo President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
represents Government of Sri Lanka in certain international tribunals ⓘ
Government of Sri Lanka in domestic courts ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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 Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka
Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka → headOfDepartment → Attorney General of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka
Crown Counsel in Ceylon → partOf → Attorney General’s Department of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka
Crown Counsel in Ceylon → partOf → Crown Law Office of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka