SECTION 26

(1) Under the authority of a Sub-Director, the Sub-Department for Criminal Legislation shall be responsible for: - drafting and updating bills and statutory instruments in criminal matters; - collecting and exploiting international conventions, Community legal instruments and ensuring their integration into national laws; - collecting and exploiting jurisprudence in criminal matters; - studying bills and statutory instruments in criminal matters drafted by other Ministries or Organizations and Institutions and submitted for the Ministry’s opinion; - verifying the legal conformity of the Ministry’s commitments. (2) In addition to the Sub-Director, the Sub-Department for Criminal Legislation shall comprise three (3) Assistant Research Officers. SECTION III SUB-DEPARTMENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL LEGISLATION