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National Council on Drug Abuse. Councils of the Ministry of Health. Medical Council of Jamaica. Nursing Council of Jamaica. Dental Council of Jamaica. Pharmacy Council of Jamaica. Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine. Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries [5] Anti- Dumping and Subsidies Commission.
The Ministry of Justice (headed by the Minister of Justice) was established in 2001 after having severed ties with the Ministry of National Security and Justice. As a result, prior to the change in 2001, there are past individuals who were referred to as the Minister of National Security and Justice. Additionally, certain Ministers of Justice ...
Politics in Jamaica takes place in the framework of a representative parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The 1962 Constitution of Jamaica established a parliamentary system whose political and legal traditions closely follow those of the United Kingdom. As the head of state, King Charles III - on the advice of the Prime Minister ...
The Cabinet of Jamaica is the principal instrument of government policy. It consists of the Prime Minister, and a minimum of thirteen other Ministers of Government, who must be members of one of the two Houses of Parliament. Not more than four members of the Cabinet may be members of the Senate. The Minister of Finance must be an elected member ...
Ministry of justice. A justice ministry, ministry of justice, [1] or department of justice, [2] is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice ( minister for justice in a very few countries) or a secretary of justice.
The judiciary of Jamaica is based on the judiciary of the United Kingdom. [1] The courts are organized at four levels, with additional provision for appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court. The Supreme Court has unlimited jurisdiction in all cases, and sits as the ...
Succeeded by. Derrick McKoy. Marlene Patricia Malahoo Forte KC, MP, JP is a Jamaican politician. She has been the Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs since January 2022, [1] and was the Attorney General of Jamaica from 7 March 2016 to 10 January 2022. [2] [3] She served as a Senator for the Jamaica Labour Party from 2009 to 2016, and ...
Attorney General of Jamaica is the chief law officer in Jamaica.. Section 79(1) of the Constitution of Jamaica states that "there shall be an Attorney General who shall be the principal legal adviser to the Government of Jamaica" and pursuant to the Crown Proceedings Act all civil proceedings by or against the Government are instituted in the name of the Attorney General.