Ministry of Justice (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Justice
අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය
நீதி அமைச்சு
Agency overview
Headquarters Superior Courts Complex, Colombo 12
6°56′07″N 79°51′43″E / 6.935221°N 79.861824°E / 6.935221; 79.861824
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Padmasiri Jayamanna, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of the Attorney General
  • Debt Conciliation Board
  • Department of Government Analyst
  • Department of the Legal Draftsman
  • Department of Prisons
  • Department of Public Trustee
  • Judicial and Reforms Unit
  • Law Commission of Sri Lanka
  • Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka
  • Mediation Boards Commission
  • National Authority for The Protection of Victims of Crimes and Witnesses
  • Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court
  • Office of the Secretary of Labour Tribunals
  • Sri Lanka Judge’s Institute
  • Sri Lanka Law College
  • Superior Courts Complex Board of Management
  • Training Schools for Youthful Offenders
Website moj.gov.lk
Sri Lanka
Coat of arms of Sri Lanka, showing a lion holding a sword in its right forepaw surrounded by a ring made from blue lotus petals which is placed on top of a grain vase sprouting rice grains to encircle it. A Dharmacakra is on the top while a sun and moon are at the bottom on each side of the vase.
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The Ministry of Justice is a (Sinhala: අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය Adhikarana Amathyanshaya; Tamil: நீதி அமைச்சு) is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the implementation of policies, plans and programmes for the administration of the country's justice system, and thereby administers its courts and prisons. It also has the authority to appoint individuals to the positions of:

The ministry does not have oversight of policing, which comes under the Ministry of Defence.

List of ministers

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

Name Portrait Party Tenure Head(s) of Government
Lalitha Rajapaksa United National Party 26 September 1947 – 1953 D. S. Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake
E. B. Wikramanayake United National Party 1953 – 1956 John Kotelawala
M. W. H. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 – June 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Valentine S. Jayawickrema Sri Lanka Freedom Party June 1959 – 1960 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Wijeyananda Dahanayake
E. J. Cooray United National Party 23 March 1960 – 21 July 1960 Dudley Senanayake
Sam Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 – March 1965 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
A. F. Wijemanne United National Party March 1965 – 1970 Dudley Senanayake
Felix Dias Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970 – 1976 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1976 – 1977
K. W. Devanayagam United National Party 23 July 1977 – 14 February 1980 J. R. Jayewardene
Nissanka Wijeyeratne United National Party 14 February 1980 – 1988
Vincent Perera United National Party 1989 – 1990 Ranasinghe Premadasa
Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed United National Party
Harold Herath United National Party 1993 – 1994 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
G. L. Peiris Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1994 – 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga
W. J. M. Lokubandara United National Party 2001 – 2004
Amarasiri Dodangoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2004 – 30 May 2009 Chandrika Kumaratunga
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Milinda Moragoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 30 May 2009 – 23 April 2010 Mahinda Rajapaksa
Athauda Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 – 22 November 2010
Rauff Hakeem Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 22 November 2010 – 28 December 2014
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe United National Party 12 January 2015 - 23 August 2017 Maithripala Sirisena
Thalatha Atukorale United National Party 25 August 2017 - present

See also

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