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Supreme Courts (Highest Instance)
The People's Supreme Court is the highest judicial organ of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and has the role to adjudicate cases, to administer the organisation of the people's courts and to supervise the administrative work of the local courts and the military courts as provided by the laws.
People's Supreme Court
Article 27 Law on the People's Court 2003 : The appellate courts are one component of the system of the people's courts of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic,
[and] have the role to adjudicate on appeal the decisions at first instance of the people’s provincial and city courts.
People's Court of Appeal
Article 37 Law on People's Court : The people’s provincial and city courts are one component of the court system of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and have [the following roles:] to adjudicate at first instance those cases which are not within the jurisdiction of the district and municipal courts; and to adjudicate on appeal the decisions at first instance of the district and municipal courts.
People's City Courts
Article 47 Law on People's Court: The people’s district and municipal courts are one component of the court system of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic; their main role is to educate the people about the laws and to mediate parties’ disputes; they also adjudicate minor criminal cases and small claims for civil cases, as provided by the laws.
People's District Courts
Article 52 Law on People's Court: The military courts are one component of the court system of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and have the role to adjudicate criminal cases involving offences that pertain to military matters or occur within the compounds of an army base
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Document Created at August 20, 1996
Last Update october 08 2010