The Ministry of Justice prepares draft legislative acts, gives opinions on drafts, keeps the State Register of Legal Acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and realizes mandatory legal expertise of the standard legal acts and normative acts of central executive power bodies (except for decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan).
This activity is carried out by the General Department of Legislation of the Ministry of Justice.
The activities of the Ministry in the field of legislation are as follows:
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preparation of draft standard legal acts for conformance of the current legislation with newly adopted legislative acts;
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providing legal opinions on the compliance of submitted legal acts and draft international agreements with the Constitution and legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
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keeping the State Register of Legal Acts, conducting mandatory legal expertise of legal acts submitted for inclusion in the Register in cases specified by legislation;
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preparation of new legal act drafts within the framework of the implementation of various state programs, strategies, action plans and leadership’s instructions;
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providing legal opinions and proposals on the applications of state bodies and institutions;
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participating in providing opinions on issues of the legal force of international agreements, as well as on other issues related to their entry into force and implementation;
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participating in preparation of periodic reports submitted by the Republic of Azerbaijan to international organizations on the implementation of obligations arising from international agreements;
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maintaining a single Internet information resource of legal acts;
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providing explanations on applications of legal entities and individuals related to legislation;
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raising issues before the relevant bodies (institutions) on the cancellation of or on making amendments to normative acts (except for decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and standard legal acts of central executive power bodies, if they do not comply with the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
