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| | PREFACE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | The Ministry of Justice is in charge of a broad area of legal affairs, which include civil, criminal, immigration and other matters. |
 | | In particular, it takes charge of nationality, family registration and registration of real estate, prosecution of criminal cases, correction and rehabilitation of offenders, litigations involving the interests of the State, immigration control and registration of foreign residents, and the protection of the rights of citizens in general. |
 | | Thus the Ministry of Justice is primarily responsible for maintaining the legal order of the country in which the rule of law is ensured. |
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