At the same time, the duties of the State Council of the Russian Empire, its Special Department and the Senate for the preparation and publication of decrees and for the codification of laws passed to the People's Commissariat of Justice.
[1] The People's Commissariat of Justice was entrusted with the following tasks: On April 15, 1919, the decree "On Forced Labor Camps" was issued in the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
On November 8, 1917, Georgy Oppokov was appointed People's Commissar of Justice, he was replaced by Pyotr Stuchka, then Isaac Steinberg.
In August 1918, after the departure of Peter Stuchka (who headed the Soviet government of Latvia from the end of 1918), Dmitry Kursky was appointed People's Commissar of Justice, who held this post until 1928.
The next People's Commissar was Nikolai Yanson, who was replaced in 1931 by Nikolay Krylenko, who held the post until July 1936.
The operational meeting, the secretariat, and the group of responsible executors were directly subordinate to the People's Commissar.
The Control and Inspection Group, the Secretariat, and the Operational Meeting were directly subordinate to the People's Commissar.
The Control and Inspection Group, the Secretariat, the Collegium, and the meeting of deputies were directly subordinate to the People's Commissar.