Lower Courts (Magistrates’ Courts)
June 10, 2008
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts
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.
 The regional courts only try criminal cases, whereas district courts try both criminal and civil courts.
