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JURISDICTION OF COURTS
A. Criminal Jurisdiction of the Municipal Trial Court, Municipal Circuit Trial Court,
Metropolitan Trial Court:
1. Exclusive original jurisdiction over all violations of city or municipal ordinances
committed within their respective territorial jurisdiction.
2. Exclusive original jurisdiction over all offenses punishable with imprisonment not
exceeding six(6) years irrespective of the amount of fine, and regardless of other
imposable or accessory penalties.
3. Where the only penalty is fine
4. Exclusive original jurisdiction over offenses involving damage to property through
criminal negligence
5. Violations of B.P. 22
6. Summary procedure in certain cases
7. Special jurisdiction to decide on applications for bail in criminal cases in the absence of
all RTC judges in a province
8. Election offenses
B. Criminal Jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Court
1. Exclusive original jurisdiction in criminal cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction
of any court, tribunal or body, except those
falling under the exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan
2. Original Jurisdiction in the issuance of writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, habeas corpus, and injunction.
3. Appellate jurisdiction over all cases decided by MTCs in their respective territorial
jurisdiction
4. Special jurisdiction of certain branches to handle exclusively criminal cases
5. Jurisdiction over all criminal cases under special laws:
Written Defamation
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act – RA 9165
Intellectual Property Rights
Money Laundering
The Subdivision and Condominium Buyers’ Protective Rights – PD 957
JURISDICTION OF COURTS
C. Jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals:
1. Original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus, prohibition, certiorari, habeas corpus,
and quo warranto, and auxiliary writs or processes, whether or not in aid of its appellate
jurisdiction;
2. Exclusive original jurisdiction over actions for annulment of judgements of Regional Trial
Courts; and
3. Exclusive appellate jurisdiction over all final judgements, resolutions, orders or awards
of Regional Trial Courts and quasi-judicial agencies, instrumentalities, boards or
commission.
D. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court:
1. Exclusive original jurisdiction over petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus
against the CA and Sandiganbayan.
2. Concurrent original jurisdiction with the Court of Appeals over petitions for certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus against the RTC.
3. Concurrent original jurisdiction with the Court of Appeals and Regional Trial Courts over
petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus against the lower courts.
4. Exclusive appellate jurisdiction over all criminal cases involving offenses for which the
penalty is reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment and those involving other offenses
which, although not so punished, arose out of the same occurrence or which may have
been committed by the accused on the same occasion.
5. Exclusive appellate jurisdiction over petition for review on certiorari from the Regional
Trial Court, Court of Appeals, and Sandiganbayan.
E. Jurisdiction of the Katarungan Pambarangay
1. All disputes, civil and criminal in nature where parties actually reside in the same city or
municipality are subjected to proceedings of amicable settlement.
F. Summary Procedure in Criminal Cases:
1. Cases subject to summary procedure:
Violations of traffic laws, rules and regulations
Violations of the rental law
B.P. 22 Cases
Violations of municipal or city ordinances
All other criminal cases where the penalty prescribed by law for the offense
charged is imprisonment not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding
(P1,000.00), or both, irrespective of other imposable penalties, accessory or
otherwise, or of the civil liability arising therefrom.
Offenses involving damage to property through criminal negligence where
the imposable fine does not exceed ten thousand pesos
