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 The Office of the Attorney General shall propose its expenditure budget to the Council of Ministers so that financial support would be allocated for the Office of the Attorney General in the bill on the expenditure budget for the budgeting year, or a bill on an additional expenditure budget, or a bill on the transfer of an expenditure budget, as the case may be.

In the event where the Office of the Attorney General finds that the allocated expenditure budget is insufficient, the Office of the Attorney General shall be able to directly make a motion for amendment thereof to the House of People's Representatives committee for consideration of expenditure budget.

The Office of the Attorney General shall be an audit agent according to the organic law on state audit.

Once the State Audit Office has examined and verified all the accounts and financial affairs of the Office of the Attorney General, [the State Audit Office] shall also directly submit the audit outcome to the House of People's Representatives, the Senate, and the Council of Ministers.

In the event where there is a law, regulation, rule, regulation, or announcement designating that a ministry, sub-ministry, or department is exempted from payment of any tax or is exempted from or is granted a grace period for the observance of any law, the Office of the Attorney General shall enjoy such an exemption or grace period also.

The Attorney General shall have the following powers and duties:

to designate the policy for and be responsible for the performance of public service of the Office of the Attorney General so that it produces effective outcomes and are in line with the goals, guidelines, and plans on the performance of public service of the Office of the Attorney General;

to control, oversee, and be responsible for the administration of public service, the performance of public service, and the administration of personnel of the Office of the Attorney General so that they are in line with the laws, rules, norms, and practical traditions of the public sector;

to manage the budgets, finance, property, and supplies of the Office of the Attorney General.

In regard to the public duties according to paragraph 1, the Attorney General may assign to any particular Deputy Attorney General or public servant in the public prosecution service the power to carry them out on his behalf.