The Ministry of Justice (MOJ, ) is a ministerial level governmental body of the Republic of China (Taiwan), responsible for carrying out various judicial functions.
History
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.
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
Department of Personnel
Department of Accounting
Department of Statistics
Department of Information Management
Secretariat
Affiliated agencies
Investigation Bureau
Administrative Enforcement Agency
Agency Against Corruption
Agency of Corrections
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
List of ministers
Political parties:
Access
The MOJ building is within walking distance just north of the Xiaonanmen Station of the Taipei Metro on the Green Line.
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)