SECTION 28

(1) Under the authority of a Director, the Department for Civil Matters and the Seal shall be responsible for: - following-up administrative, financial and audit disputes; - following-up civil, commercial, labour and traditional matters pending before Courts; - following-up the activities of Legal Departments in civil matters before courts; - keeping and appending the State’s Seal; - ordering of dry stamps for all public services; - studying applications for authorization to operate as engravers; - studying files relating to nationality; - studying application files for change of name; - international judicial cooperation in civil matters. (2) The Department for Civil Matters and the Seal shall comprise: - the Sub-Department for Administrative, Financial and Audit Litigation; - the Sub-Department for Other Civil Matters and the Seal; - the Card Index and Filing Office. SECTION I SUB-DEPARTMENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,FINANCIAL AND AUDIT LITIGATION