Supervising Legislative Efforts of Government
The Ministry of Government Legislation, as the Central Administration Organization specialized in legislation, supervises and supports the government's legislative activities of each department from the governmental and comprehensive prospective.
We establish and enforce governmental legislation plans and support the government's legislative activities. We supervise the legal administration of government: for example, we ensure that subordinated statues and regulations, such as executive or ministerial ordinances are prepared at the appropriate times, or submit the examined bills and bills passed by the National Assembly to the Cabinet Council. Also we mediate differences of opinions among departments so that unified opinion is proposed at the parliament.
Governmental Legislation Planning System
- The Ministry of Government Legislation establishes and enforces the above system, supervising legislation planning of each department every year.
- The Ministry of Government Legislation collectively coordinates priority of legislation, time, and details about the laws that are intended for introduction by each department in a certain year.
Procedures
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01The Minister of Government Legislation notifies to the head of each central administrative agency about the guidelines of the legislation plan
(by October 31)
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02Head of each central administrative agency establishes legislation plans for each department
(by November 30)
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03The Minister of Government Legislation establishes a Governmental legislation plan.
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04The plan is announced in the official gazette and notified to the National Assembly.
(January 31)
Legislative Support for Government Projects
In order to make sure the 100 key government projects, which are practical strategies for the policy visions and objectives, are smoothly implemented, we strengthen legislative support and inspection and management system for 465 laws and 182 lower statutes that are required to be legislated or revised.
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Reflecting the government legislation plan by year
Reflecting Legislation plan of the year by priority when a bill is introduced so that the bill is systematically check on and effectively pushed.
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Improving lower statutes without delay
Early improvement of the lower statutes by simplifying legislative process and measuring the results early.
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Special management on priority bills
Selecting priority bills by reflecting the tasks of government in consultation with government and ruling party to the status of them daily.
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Management on the four composite renovation tasks
Onestop customized support for bills relating to jobs and economy by appointing exclusive legislative officers.
Legislative coordination on the bill under deliberation at the National Assembly
Support on consultation between the ministry and office concerned and the relevant authorities on the proposed bill, and operation of the Governmental Legislation Policy Council help resolve differences between them so that unified opinion of the government can be proposed at the National Assembly.
- Phased notification
We notify to the ministry and office concerned and the relevant authorities the opinions from each department and legal and political issues about the members’ proposed bills, in accor- dance with the different stages of deliberation of the National Assembly.
- Promoting voluntary consultation between the branches of the government
We present examination opinions on a draft of a proposed bill which includes budget, organization, regulation, duplication of effort, etc, to the ministries to encourage the ministry and office concerned and the relevant authorities to discuss with each other.
- Operation of the Governmental Legislation Policy Council
If different opinions on the bill are not solved, even with consultation between the ministry and office concerned and the relevant authorities, the Governmental Legislation Policy Council is held under The Ministry of Government Legislation’s supervision for coordinating different views.