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Drafting and Review Division

The Drafting and Review Division (DRD) under the Departments of Legal Services is a frontline service provider for legislative drafting that collaborates with agencies across government, to deliver on the government’s objectives of providing professional legal services in terms of drafting consistent and enforceable laws to the state.

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Successfully resolving over 8,000 criminal cases through diligent investigation, modern forensic technology, and law enforcement collaboration.

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Managing an active docket of 42.4k pending cases with secure, centralized record-keeping to accelerate legal processing.

The Division is entrusted with a range of functions under the Office of Attorney General Act 2015 that includes to;

Draft bills and delegated legislation;

Review of laws and delegated legislation that are drafted by other government ministry or agencies;

Constitute a committee to review laws on the instruction of government; and

Be the depository of all the laws in Bhutan.

The Division renders the above mandate through its specialized units namely the Legal Advisory Unit and the Dissemination Unit.

The Drafting and Law Reform Unit focuses on the following mandates:

01
Draft new or amendment government bills;
02
Ensure that the ministry furnishes the clear policy guideline or drafting instruction for new or amending bills, and delegated legislations;
03
Draft new delegated legislation for government agencies;
04
Draft revision of existing delegated legislation for government agencies; and
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Constitute a Law Review Committee as and when required; and
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Train legal officers, law students, or any other personnel in ministries and agencies on legislative drafting.

The Review Unit focuses on the following mandates:

01
Review new or amendment government bills drafted by other government ministry or agency;
02
Review new delegated legislation drafted by government agencies;
03
Review the revision of existing delegated legislation drafted by government agencies; and
04
Reprint and maintain the depository of existing laws.

The Legislative Impact Assessment (LIA) Unit focuses on the following mandates:

01
Facilitate proponents to prepare LIA report for government bills;
02
Provide professional support to all officials engaged in LIA process;
03
Review and analyze the LIA Report submitted by government ministries or agencies; and train legal officers in ministries and agencies on the legislative impact assessment handbook and tools.
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