Ministry of Justice

Under the law of 4 September 1997 on governmental administration sections (Journal of Laws of 2007 No No 65, Text 437, with subsequent amendments), the Minister of Justice governs the justice section, covering issues of:
1) judicature;
2) public prosecutors, notaries, advocats and legal advisers, within the scope provided for in separate legislation;
3) sworn translators;
4) enforcement of penalties and educative measures as well as reformatory measure adjudicated by courts as well as issues of post-penitentiary assistance.

The Minister of Justice is in charge of judiciary issues within the scope not reserved by separate legislation for the competence of other public bodies, and taking into account the principle of judicial independence.
The Minister of Justice also provides for drafting codification of civil law, including family law, as well as criminal law.
The Central Board of Prison Service is subordinated to the Minister of Justice.

Pursuant to an ordinance of the Council of Ministers of 16 November 2007 on the detailed scope of activity of the Minister of Justice (Journal of Laws No 216, Text 1603) the Ministry of Justice provides services to the Minister of Justice.

Regulation No 30 of the Prime Minister of 13 March 2002 on granting the statutes to the Ministry of Justice (Official Journal No 11, Text 109, with subsequent amendments) defines an organisational structure of the Ministry of Justice, which is as follows:

• Minister’s Political Staff
• Minister’s Office
• Director General’s Office
• Legislation and Legal Department
• Common Courts Department
• Department of Decision Implementation and Probation
• Department of International Cooperation and European Law
• Organising Department
• Human Resources Department
• Department of State Budget and State Treasury
• Department of Central State Court Registers and Information Technology
• Military Courts Department
• Legal Training Supervision Department
• National Criminal Register Information Office
• Office for Analyses and Allocation of Judicial Appointments
• Monitor Sądowy i Gospodarczy Official Gazette Publishing Office
• Office for the Protection of Classified Information and Defence Affairs
• National Prosecution Service
• Executive Office
• Office for Constitutional Affairs
• Preparatory Proceedings Office
• Office for Organised Crime
• Judicial Proceedings Office
• Office for International Legal Relations

Competencies of individual organisational units of the Ministry of Justice have been defined in the „Regulations of the Ministry of Justice” forming an annex to the regulation of the Minister of Justice of 14 July 2006 on laying down the regulations of the Ministry of Justice (Official Gazette of the Minister of Justice No 6, Text 118, with subsequent amendments).