After his death from yellow fever in April 1837, Thomas Lewis Ingram became the acting King's Advocate.

[1] According to Section 71 (2) of the Constitution of the Gambia, the Attorney General must be a "legal practitioner of at least five years standing" at the Gambian bar.

[3] Section 72 (2) of the Constitution states that the Attorney General "shall be the principal legal adviser to the Government and shall have the right of audience in all courts in the Gambia."

[2] Section 82 (2) says that the Attorney General shall automatically be granted a position on any committee on the exercise of the prerogative of mercy.

Section 137 A (4) grants the Attorney General a position on the Cadi Appeals Selection Committee.

Also, the Director of Public Prosecutions can exercise some of the Attorney General's powers, most notably discontinuing court cases (nolle prosequi).