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The Ministry of Government Legislation or MOLEG, as the Central Administrative Agency, specialized in the legislation, supervise the legislative efforts of governmentSouth Korean government. It maintains a balanced national legal system, under the universal value of the sprit of the constitution. It performs statutory interpretation and improvement to give the public satisfaction. Also it manages statutory information systematically and provides it to everyone. The current minister is Je Jeong-boo. The headquarters is in the Government Complex in Seoul City.

The ministry was founded in 1948 with the establishment of Korean Government.

History
1948

On August 15, 1948, with the establishment of Korean Government, MOLEG took over the Law Drafting Bureau, The Legal Research Bureau and Secretariat library of the Korean interim government's judicial branch, which was the provisional administrative office. And it set up a library and 1 agency, 3 divisions and ten departments, in jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office.

1954 ~ 1960 On November 29, 1954, as the Prime Minister System was abolished, the name changed to the Legislative Counseling Office of the Ministry of Justice(cabinet ministerial level), having the position of independent central administrative agency. In 1960, the Parliamentary Cabinet System was adopted and as the Secretariat of State Council was established, it was reorganized into the Government Legislative Bureau in the Secretariat of State Council.

1962 ~  On December 26, 1962, as the presidential system was adopted with the amendment of the constitution, MOLEG was modified to the Central Administrative Organization, under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister and it continue to these days.

Tasks
1. Supervising Legislative Efforts of Government: MOLEG, as the central Administration organization, specialized in legislation, supervise and supports the government's legislative activities of each department from the governmental and comprehensive prospective.

2. Statutory Examination: At the governmental legislation stage, we find and correct any unconstitutional or unlawful aspects of the bills and coordinate with the current statutory system.

3. Statutory Interpretation: When there are conflict in statutory interpretation between administrative agencies or between civil petitioners and the administrative agency, MOLEG maintains unity of the governmental points of view with the authoritative interpretation.

4. Statutory Improvement: We seek out irrational statues, which make the public's life and business activities inconvenient, from the citizens' viewpoint, and improve them, for making the good legislation that is easy to comply with. Furthermore, we draft easy to read statues, and that can be understand by every citizen, by using our 'Easy to Understand Statute Project'. Which such a project, it improves the complicated legislative system and legal terminology, which can result in difficulty for citizen.

5. Legislation Support: MOLEG supports for effective legislation of the National Assembly and prevents any conflict or confusion, with provisional presentation of opinion and their interpretation at Local statues planning stage of local government. Furthermore, we implemented open legislative education for public official and children.

6. Management of Statutory Information: MOLEG increases access convenience o statutory information and guarantee the public right to know, with many different Legal Information Search Sites.

7. Legislative Exchange and Collaboration