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People’s Court of Provinces, Municipalities

Duties and powers

  • To hear first-instance cases in accordance with the law.

  • To hear appeals of the People’s Courts of rural districts, urban districts, towns, cities or the equivalent, which have not been legally effective and are appealed or protested against in accordance with the law.

  • To review legally effective judgments, decisions of the People’s Courts of rural districts, urban districts, towns, cities and the equivalent, and request the Chief Judge of the High People’s Court or Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court to consider, protest against such judgments or decisions if there are violations of law or new circumstances.

  • To deal with other matters as prescribed by the law.

Organizational structure of the People’s Court of provinces and municipalities

Judge Committee

The Judge Committee of the People’s Courts of provinces or municipalities consists of a Chief Judge, Deputy Chief Judge and other judges. The number of Judge Committee members shall be decided by the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court at the proposal of the Chief Judge of the People’s Courts of provinces or municipalities.

Meetings of the Judge Committee of the People’s Courts of provinces or centrally run city shall be chaired by the Chief Judge.

The Judge Committee of the People’s Court of provinces or municipalities city shall have following duties and powers:

  1. To discuss the implementation of work plans and programs of the People’s Courts of provinces, municipalities;

  2. To study reports of the Chief Judge of the People’s Courts of provinces, municipalities to be submitted to the Supreme People’s Court and People’s Council of the same level;

  3. To summarize adjudication practices;

  4. To discuss recommendations made by the Chief Judge of the People’s Courts of provinces, municipalities to the Chief Judge of the High People’s Court or Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court for the review of legally effective judgments and decisions under cassation or reopening procedure at the request of the Chief Judge.

Specialized Courts

In a High People’s Court, specialized Courts, which are the Criminal Court, Civil Court, Administrative Court, Economic Court, Labour Court, and Family and Juvenile Court, are established with the following duties and powers:

  • To hear first-instance cases as prescribed by the law;

  • To conduct appellate trials of cases in which first-instance judgments or decisions of the People’s Courts of rural districts, urban districts, towns, provincial cities and the equivalent which have not yet taken legal effect are appealed or protested against in accordance with the procedural law;

  • To hear appeals of the People’s Courts of rural districts, urban districts, towns, cities or the equivalent, which have not been legally effective and are appealed or protested against in accordance with the procedural law.

Assisting Apparatus

The assisting apparatus of the People’s Courts of provinces and municipalities consists of an Administration Division and other units.

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