Lower Courts (Magistrates’ courts)
June 10, 2008 | Court
The presiding officers in the lower courts are magistrates, hence their being known as Magistrates’ Courts. The Regional Court has jurisdiction within a particular region and the District Court within a particular magisterial district. These are only courts of the first instance, though they can hear appeals from the courts of chiefs and headmen. Â The regional courts only try criminal cases, whereas district courts try both criminal and civil courts.
