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The Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands is the principal legal adviser to the Government of the British Virgin Islands.〔Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, article 58(2)〕 Under the Constitution of the British Virgin Islands the Attorney General sits ''ex officio'' in both the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands〔Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, section 63(1)〕 and in the Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands,〔Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, article 47(1)〕 but is not permitted to vote in either. The Attorney General also sits on the Committee for the Prerogative of Mercy〔Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, article 44(1)〕 and on the National Security Council.〔Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, article 57(1)(d)〕 The office traces its origins back to the reintroduction of democracy in the British Virgin Islands pursuant to the 1950 general election. At that time the Legislative Council (as the House of Assembly was then known) had to look to the Attorney General of the Leeward Islands for support. This was regarded as unsatisfactory and following the 1954 general election Herman Besson was appointed to the title of Legal Assistant to the Legislative Council. In 1959 the title of the office was changed to Crown Attorney, and subsequent to the introduction of Ministerial Government following the 1967 general election the office was titled Attorney General.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BVI election and information results 1950–2011 )〕 The Attorney General is supported by two senior law officers: the Solicitor General (in relation to civil matters) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (in relation to criminal matters). When appearing in court, by convention the Attorney General sits one row in from the of the row reserved for Queen's Counsel. The current Attorney General is Baba Aziz.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Baba Aziz appointed attorney general )〕 Mr Aziz also formerly served as acting Attorney General for over a year between 24 June 2010 and 6 November 2011. ==Qualifications== Since 2007 in order to be qualified to be appointed as Attorney General a person must be eligible to be admitted as a lawyer in the British Virgin Islands, and must have not less than 10 years experience practising law.〔Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, article 95(5)〕 However, this was not always the case, and various past Attorneys General were either not admitted in the British Virgin Islands and in some cases were not even eligible to be admitted in the British Virgin Islands.〔The longest ever serving Attorney General was Cherno Jallow QC, who was only admitted as a lawyer in Gambia, and was thereby ineligible for admission to practice as a lawyer in the British Virgin Islands.〕 By law, since 2007 no person may be appointed to the office of Attorney General unless he or she is a Belonger to the Virgin Islands unless, in the opinion of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, there is no such person who is suitably qualified and able and willing to be so appointed.〔Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, article 95(6)〕 In practice, every single Attorney General appointed since 2007 has been a non-Belonger, and only one Attorney General in the history of the British Virgin Islands was a belonger at the time they were appointed (Dancia Penn).〔Several Attorneys General settled in the British Virgin Islands and were naturalised after leaving office.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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