Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis is on sick leave for about 10 days as of Monday, according to an official announcement.
The Minister, who was strongly criticised in recent days over a flawed search warrant in a parody social media account of Yiolitis, has to recover from an operation, the announcement also said.
On Friday, the Supreme Court cancelled a police search warrant used to enter the home of a Larnaca woman suspected of being the administrator of the parody account.
Yiolitis has been accused of abusing power and wasting resources on a trivial matter.