Head of Division
Datuk Tay Lee Ly
Tn_ Donald Joseph
maizatul_azura
          Deputy Head of Research Division I            
Deputy Head of Research Division II
Donald Joseph Franklin
Marzaitul Azura binti Mokhtar
 
Functions
  • Provide comprehensive and accurate legal opinions on matters relating to provisions of the Federal and State Constitutions.
  • Provide comprehensive and sound legal opinions on all legal matters handled by the Attorney General’s Chambers, including those pending at the superior courts.
  • Provide research services to the other Divisions within the Attorney General’s Chambers on complex and novel issues of law.
  • Provide advice and opinions on matters relating to elections.
  • Managing the Election’s Operations Room at the Attorney General’s Chambers during general and by-elections, which primarily functions to provide advice and legal opinions on issues arising during the elections.
  • Providing the Attorney General’s Chambers comments and input to Cabinet Memorandums/Cabinet Notes on matters relating to the Federal and State Constitutions.
  • Providing the Attorney General’s Chambers comments and input on Parliamentary questions relating to the Federal Constitution and other legal issues.
  • Provide comprehensive historical and archival research service in legal matters involving issues relating to delimitation of land/maritime borders, territorial sovereignty disputes and legislative history of the Federal Constitution.
  • Managing visits to the Attorney General’s Chambers by students from local and foreign educational institutions for higher learning.

Unit I (Constitutional Research Unit)

 
Head of Unit
Nik Azrin Zairin bin Nik Abdullah
 
 
Unit II

 
 
Head of Unit
D. Sunita Kaur Jessy a/p H. Daljit Singh Jessy
 
 
Unit III

 
Head of Unit
Datuk Nazran bin Mohd Sham
 
Unit IV (Special Research Unit)

 
 
Head of Unit
Tuah bin Yussof
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