ARTICLE III
JUDICIAL
DEPARTMENT
SECTION 1.
The judicial power shall be
vested in one Supreme Court
and in such lower courts as
may be established by law.
JUDICIAL POWER
is the power to apply the laws
to disputes concerning
concerning legally recognized
rights/duties.
ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
REGULAR
COURTS
a. Court of
Appeals
b. Regional Trial
Court
c. Metropolitan /
Municipal
Trial Court
SPECIAL
COURTS
a.Sandiganbayan
b.Court of Tax
appeals
SECTION 4.
The Supreme Court shall be
composed of a Chief Justice
and fourteen Associate Justice.
SECTION 7.
No person shall be appointed
Member of the Supreme Court…
unless he is a natural-born
citizen of the Philippines… must
be at least forty years of age
and must have been fifteen
years or more a judge of a lower
court or engaged in the practice
of law..
SECTION 11.
The members of Supreme Court
and judges of lower courts
shall hold office during good
behavior until they reach the
age of seventy years or become
incapacitated to discharge the
duties of their office.