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The Shari'a Circuit Courts

THE SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURTS

Equivalent to the Municial Circuit Trial Courts are the Shari'a Circuit Courts which were established in certain municipalities in Mindanao where the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines is being enforced.

There are five Shari'a Circuit Courts and fifty one Shari'a Circuit Courts in existence.

A Shari'a Circuit Court has original jurisdiction over the following:

1. All cases involving offenses defined and punished under Presidential Decree No. 1083;

2. All civil actions and proceedings between parties who are Muslims or have been married in accordance with Article 13 of Presidential Decree No. 1083 involving disputes relating to:

a. Marriage;

b. Divorce recognized under Presidential Decree No. 1083;

c. Betrothal or breach of contract to marry;

d. Customary dowry (mahr);

e. Disposition and distribution of property upon divorce;

f. Maintenance and support, and concolotary gifts(mut'a); and

g. Restitution of marital rights.

3. All cases involving disputes relative to communal properties.

PHILIPPINE JUDICIAL SYSTEM Background on the Philippine Judicial System Philippine Judicial Hierarchy Regular Courts Special Courts Collegiate Courts Lower Courts The Supreme Court The Court of Appeals Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals Regional Trial Courts Shari'a District Courts Shari'a Circuit Courts Municipal Trial Courts Metropolitan Trial Courts Municipal Circuit Trial Courts Municipal Trial Courts in Cities Constitutional Provisions on the Judiciary Rules of Court of the Philippines Supreme Court Decisions Supreme Court Circulars Philippine Law Update: The Supreme Court & the Judiciary

2006 DIRECTORY OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES of the following courts:
PHILIPPINE JUDICIAL SYSTEM DIRECTORY OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES

Supreme Court Court of Appeals Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals
Regional Trial Courts
Metropolitan Trial Courts in Cities
Municipal Trial Courts/Municipal Circuit Courts
Shari'a District Courts
Shari'a Circuit Courts

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