Legal Affairs Department Sections

The department is made up of a number of sections, each section having its owns tasks and specialties which is as follows:

• Legal Studies Section
• Investigation and Prosecutions Section
• Administrative Affairs Section
• Legal Studies Section

The above section undertakes the following tasks:

• Express legal opinion on matters referred to it.
• Preparation of legislative instruments of the ministry and to express an opinion in other law drafts referred to it..
• Research, study and analyze the reports issued by international organizations and bodies related to the Ministry’s competence.
• Study projects of security agreements and memoranda of understanding related to the Ministry work and to express an opinion on the same.
• Preparation and review of administrative contracts (projects) relating to the functions of the ministry.
• Preparation of memos and follow-up litigation that the ministry is a party in

Investigation and Prosecutions Section

The above section has the following tasks to do:

• Study the complaints referred to the department.
• Prepare the necessary reports on complaints referred to it.
• Call witnesses and defendants in disciplinary charges for hearing.
• Participation in investigation committees with the bodies affiliated to the Ministry or not affiliated to it, in topics related to the ministry.
• Prepare indictments for the accused in the disciplinary charges and forward them to the Board of primary discipline.
• Take care of disciplinary proceedings before the Disciplinary Board.
• Preparation of appeals in decisions of primary Disciplinary Board and present those appeals before the Disciplinary Appeals Council.
• Study the grievances of disciplinary sanctions
• Census of disciplinary prosecutions. 
• Study and check the requests for erasing the disciplinary sanctions and other penalties imposed on other ranks from the Military, civilian staff, guards and guard of facilities. 
• Audit and review the final statements for military promotions to ensure whether there exist any disciplinary or criminal charges against them or not. 
• Perform the duties of Secretariat of the Disciplinary Appeals Council.

    
Administrative Affairs Section

The administrative affairs section functions for the following tasks

• Supervise the administrative and financial aspects of the department..
• Follow-up on incoming and outgoing correspondence of the department
• Preparation of the annual budget of the department, personnel affairs, office and technical needs and supplies of the department