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Organization
The Legislative Counsel Office (LCO) consists of ten divisions-Legislation Division, Judicial Legislation Division, Administrative Legislation Division, Science, ICT, Education, and Culture Legislation Division, Welfare and Gender Equality Legislation Division, Political Affairs and Environmental Legislation Division, Financial Legislation Division, Industry, Agriculture, Oceans and Fisheries Legislation Division, Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Legislation Division and Legislative Research and Analysis Division. Each standing committee of the National Assembly falls under jurisdiction of at least one division.
- Director General of the Legislative Counsel Office
- Administrative Legislation Counsel
- Economic Legislation Counsel
- Legislation Division
- House Steering Committee
- Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee
- National Defense Committee
- Intelligence Committee
- Judicial Legislation Division
- Legislation and Judiciary Committee
- Administrative Legislation Division
- Security and Public Administration Committee (Except for local finance and local tax system)
- Science, ICT, Future Planning, Education, and Culture Legislation Division
- Education, Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee
- Science, ICT, Future Planning, Broadcasting and Communications Committee
- Welfare and Gender Equality Legislation Division
- Health and Welfare Committee
- Gender Equality and Family Committee
- Political Affairs and Environmental Legislation Division
- National Policy Committee
- Environment and Labor Committee
- Financial Legislation Division
- Strategy and Finance Committee
- Security and Public Administration Committee (local finance and local tax system)
- Industry, Economy, and Oceans Legislation Division
- Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee
- Trade, Industry and Energy Committee
- Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Legislation Division
- Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee
- Legislative Research Division
- Examines possible unconstitutionality and contradiction between statutes