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To provide legal services for government and its agencies. 

The Attorney-General’s Office is established in terms of section 77 of the Constitution of Swaziland Act 2005.

The Attorney General is the principal legal advisor to Government.

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“serving the interests of the Kingdom of Eswatini, upholding the rule of law, provision of quality legal services and accessible legislation.”

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The Attorney General’s Office is made up of two departments, Litigation and Legal Drafting.

Legal Drafting
The functions of the legal drafting department is to draft major (Bills) and subsidiary legislation (regulations and notices).
The department drafts Bills and regulations upon receiving instructions from the various ministries and Government departments.
The department also gives legal advice especially on cases requiring statutory interpretation.

The department is, currently with the help of the Commonwealth Secretariat, involved in a project of aligning the country’s laws with the new constitution. A number of new laws that are required have been identified and will be submitted to Parliament shortly.

Structure
The department is made up of seven officers as follows-

1 Principal Parliamentary Counsel
1 Senior Parliamentary Counsel
4 Parliamentary Counsels
1 Crown Counsel

Litigation
The litigation department handles all civil cases in which Government is a party.
The department is also responsible for drafting and vetting contracts to which Government is a party.

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THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Sifiso M.M. Khumalo

ATTORNEY GENERAL

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