The Deputy Attorney General advises and
assists the Attorney General in formulating and implementing Departmental
policies and programs and in providing overall supervision and direction
to all organizational units of the Department. The Deputy Attorney General
is authorized to exercise all the power and authority of the Attorney
General, except where such power or authority is prohibited by law from
delegation or has been delegated to another official. In the absence
of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General acts as the Attorney
General. |