The Legal Affairs Department Functions:
- Examining, studying, and following up the legal issues related to the activity of the authority, in coordination with the concerned administrative units.
- Preparing the draft legislative tools of the Authority and expressing an opinion on the draft legislative tools referred to it.
- Providing a legal opinion on the subjects referred to it.
- Preparing draft contracts, agreements, and memorandums of understanding related to the authority's jurisdiction, in coordination with the concerned administrative units.
- Investigating the facts and violations attributed to the Authority's employees, preparing the necessary memoranda of the results of the investigation accompanied by the legal opinion and recommendations, presenting them to the competent authority, and following up the implementation of the decisions taken in this regard.
- Conducting the necessary investigations into the violations attributed to customs clearance brokers and their representatives, as well as smuggling and customs violations.