Procurator General of Macau

The Procurator General of Macau (Chinese: 檢察長; Portuguese: Gabinete do Procurador) is the senior law officer of Macau. The PG replaced the Attorney General of Macau in December 1999 in the new Government of Macau. The PG reports to the Secretariat for Administration and Justice.

Organization

With the exception of the title change from Attorney General to Prosecutor-General, the other office holders are the same as before the handover in 1999. The office is similar to most legal structures in Europe and North America.

List of Procurator General of Macau

No.	Name	Assumed office	Left office	Term
1	Ho Chio Meng 何超明	20 December 1999	20 December 2004	1
		20 December 2004	20 December 2009	2
		20 December 2009	Incumbent Term ends on 20 December 2014	3
2	Ip Son Sang 葉迅生	20 December 2014	Designated	4

List of Director of Public Prosecution

• Lai Kin Ian

Public Prosecutor

Department of Public Prosecution (Ministerio Publico) is the office charged with supervising the enforcement of laws of Macau.[1]

The DPP consists of

• Assistant Prosecutor-General (Procurador-Geral Adjunto)
  • Vong Vai Va PhD(Law) – Part-time Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Macau
• 4 Chief Prosecutors (Procuradores)
• 24 Prosecutors (Delegados do Procurador)

See also

• Legal system of Macau

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 30, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2006.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Brief Introduction of Judicial System of Macao

External links

• Secretariat for Administration and Justice (Macau) (in Portuguese and Chinese)