Lecture by Acting Japanese Consul: Constitution and Powers of Courts "The Judicial System of Japan' was the subject of the lecture in the Series of The Courts of the Nations" at the YMCA, on Wednesday evening. The lecturer was Mr. A. Tajima, acting Consul-General for Japan in Shanghai. The chait was! taken by Mr. Ching Peng-ping, and the Mr. Tajima spoke in English: the interpretation into Mandarin was by Me. Chang Nieh-yun.
Ins. A, Tajima said The Judicial Power of Japan belongs to the State and is ex-creased by the Court of Justice, an organ of the State. Jurisdietion may be roughly classified int that ig, to say, Civil and Cri The Courts of Justice w! cefelses jurisdiction are of tve kinds. They sve the Ordinary Court Justice, and Special Court Justice! Under the first heading: there came the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, District Court and Sub-District Court. The Special Gourt includes courts martial of the Army and. the Navy and certain other courts, This evening T am going to deal only with Ordinary Courts.
Tuicial Power in all civil and criminal matters is. vested in these Courts, except such as expressly, reserved by law to special courts, Besides these matters, this court has jurisdiction over cases relating to the election of the members of the House of Representatives, "The two courts are not only an entirely independent organ from other departments of the State but also. independent. from each other. Their independence is guaranteed by the Constitution and" the law relating to the composition of the: Courts of Justice. The procedures to be followed are governed by lay. So is the status of judicial officials, In short, the Court acts only upon and by the law,
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