Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines

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court of limited jurisdiction first-level court local court

Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines are first-level local courts that handle minor civil and criminal cases within Philippine cities as part of the country’s judicial system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines canonical	3
Municipal Trial Courts of the Philippines	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ first-level court ⓘ local court ⓘ
administrativelySupervisedBy	Office of the Court Administrator ⓘ
appealsGoTo	Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
canIssue	judgments and orders in cases within their jurisdiction ⓘ search warrants within their jurisdiction ⓘ subpoenas ⓘ warrants of arrest within their jurisdiction ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
courtPersonnelInclude	clerk of court ⓘ court stenographer ⓘ process server ⓘ
courtType	city-level trial court ⓘ
governedBy	1987 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 ⓘ Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 ⓘ Republic Act No. 7691 ⓘ Rules of Court of the Philippines ⓘ
handles	bail applications in cases within their jurisdiction ⓘ minor civil cases ⓘ minor criminal cases ⓘ small claims cases ⓘ summary procedure cases ⓘ traffic violations ⓘ violations of city ordinances ⓘ
hasCriminalJurisdictionOver	offenses punishable by lower penalties under Philippine law ⓘ
hasJurisdictionLimit	civil cases involving relatively low amounts in controversy ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType	exclusive original jurisdiction over certain cases ⓘ original jurisdiction ⓘ
headedBy	presiding judge ⓘ
judgeAppointedBy	President of the Philippines ⓘ
judgeAppointmentRecommendedBy	Judicial and Bar Council of the Philippines ⓘ surface form: Judicial and Bar Council
jurisdictionArea	cities of the Philippines ⓘ
legalNature	court of record ⓘ
levelInCourtHierarchy	first level ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of the Philippines ⓘ Philippine trial court system ⓘ
purpose	to provide accessible local justice in Philippine cities ⓘ
relatedTo	Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ Municipal Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
subjectTo	administrative circulars of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
supervisedBy	Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of the Philippines → hasBranch → Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Municipal Trial Courts of the Philippines

Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines → relatedTo → Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Municipal Trial Courts of the Philippines

Office of the Court Administrator of the Philippines → oversees → Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Municipal Trial Courts of the Philippines

Office of the Court Administrator → supervises → Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines ⓘ