Parish Court for St. Andrew (Criminal)

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The Parish Court for St. Andrew (Criminal) is a Jamaican lower court that handles criminal matters arising within the parish of St. Andrew.

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Parish Court for St. Andrew (Criminal) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal court
lower court
parish court
appealsTo Court of Appeal of Jamaica
Supreme Court of Jamaica
appliesLawOf Jamaica
belongsTo Judicature of Jamaica
country Jamaica
courtSystem Jamaican court system
employs clerks of court
parish court judges
geographicScope within the boundaries of St. Andrew Parish
governingLaw Judicature (Parish Courts) Act of Jamaica
handles certain indictable offences
preliminary inquiries in criminal cases
summary criminal offences
hasDivision criminal division
hasLanguage English
hasType trial court
hears bail applications in criminal matters
committal proceedings for serious offences
pleas and sentencing in criminal cases
hearsCasesFrom Director of Public Prosecutions (Jamaica)
police prosecutions in St. Andrew
isSeparateFrom Parish Court for St. Andrew (Civil)
jurisdiction Parish of St. Andrew
jurisdictionType criminal matters
legalSystem common law
levelInHierarchy inferior court
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica
partOf Parish Courts of Jamaica
region Kingston Metropolitan Area
subjectMatter criminal law
subjectTo oversight of the Chief Justice of Jamaica

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Parish Courts of Jamaica hasSubdivision Parish Court for St. Andrew (Criminal)