District Courts (Republic of China)

In the law of the Republic of China, the District Courts are the ordinary trial courts of general jurisdiction.

Courts

There are currently 22 District Courts in Taiwan[1]

NameChinese NameChinese NameChinese
Changhua臺灣彰化地方法院 Lienchiang福建連江地方法院 Tainan臺灣臺南地方法院
Chiayi臺灣嘉義地方法院 Miaoli臺灣苗栗地方法院 Taipei臺灣臺北地方法院
Ciaotou臺灣橋頭地方法院 Nantou臺灣南投地方法院 Taitung臺灣臺東地方法院
Hsinchu臺灣新竹地方法院 New Taipei臺灣新北地方法院 Taoyuan臺灣桃園地方法院
Hualien臺灣花蓮地方法院 Penghu臺灣澎湖地方法院 Yilan臺灣宜蘭地方法院
Kaohsiung臺灣高雄地方法院 Pingtung臺灣屏東地方法院 Yunlin臺灣雲林地方法院
Keelung臺灣基隆地方法院 Shilin臺灣士林地方法院
Kinmen福建金門地方法院 Taichung臺灣臺中地方法院

Divisions

Each District Court may establish summary division for different regions under it, for the adjudication of cases suitable for summary judgment and small claims cases. The civil summary procedure is for cases involving an amount in controversy of not more than 500,000 New Taiwan dollars[2] and for simple legal disputes.[1] The small claims cases are cases demanding payment for less than 100,000 NTD.[3] Currently there are a total of 45 divisions in Taiwan.[1] Additionally, there is a Taiwan Kaohsiung Juvenile Court, established in accordance with the Law Governing the Disposition of Juvenile Cases.[1]

Each of the District Courts has civil, criminal and summary division and may establish specialized divisions to handle cases involving juveniles, family, traffic, and labor matters as well as motions to set aside rulings on violations of the Statute for the Maintenance of Social Order.[1] Each division has a Division Chief Judge who supervises and assigns the business of the division. Each District Court has a Public Defenders' Office and a Probation Officers' Office.[1]

Judges

A single judge hears and decides cases in ordinary and summary proceedings as well as in small claims cases.[1] A panel of three judges decides cases of great importance in ordinary proceedings as well as appeals or interlocutory appeals from the summary and small claims proceedings.[1] Criminal cases are decided by a panel of three judges, with the exception of summary proceedings which may be held by a single judge.[1] The Juvenile Court hears and decides only cases involving juveniles.[1]

Jurisdiction

District Courts have jurisdiction over the following cases:[1]

Dispute

On 31 March 2017, Taipei District Court finished a judgment of first instance, this is the first time, the collegial court invoked the concept of "civil disobedience", and Identify the motive and purpose of the protest act, are related to public affair. They said the people of Sunflower Movement (As Huang Kuo-chang, Lin Fei-Fan, Chen Wei-ting,and related people) all are innocent.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 See, Taipei District Court, About Us - Organization, http://tpd.judicial.gov.tw/indexen.asp?struID=52&navID=53&contentID=125 (last visited Mar. 28, 2012)
  2. ↑ Article 427 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
  3. ↑ Article 436-8 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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