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JURISDICTION AND STRUCTURE OF COURTS Jurisdiction of Courts in Criminal Matters
JURISDICTION AND STRUCTURE OF COURTS
JURISDICTION AND STRUCTURE OF COURTS
Magistrates’ Courts 1. The jurisdiction of Magistrates’ Courts is conferred by the CPC, and the Magistrates’ Courts Act (s. 6, Magistrates’ Courts Act). In practice, all crimes are heard by the Magistrates’ Court in the first instance (see para. 4, below) with the exception of a few offences reserved for the High Court by law, namely murder, treason, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. 2. The fifth column of the First Schedule of the CPC sets out the different g...
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