{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-explanation","id":"civil-court-jurisdiction","sector":"justice","title":"Civil case jurisdiction","intro":"Articles 43–46 state that a suit begins in the lowest court competent to hear it. For many claims, the 2015 Civil Procedure Code uses the amount involved and whether the dispute concerns immovable property.","answer":"Under the 2015 Code, a claim is first distinguished by whether it concerns immovable property, then compared with the stated monetary thresholds. The Code assigns specified subjects directly to the High Court regardless of amount.","decision":[{"title":"Community Court","condition":"Up to 100,000 Nakfas","detail":"For suits not regarding immovable property.","citation":"Civil Procedure Code, Article 44(1)","href":"/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/44/#p1"},{"title":"Community Court","condition":"Up to 150,000 Nakfas","detail":"For suits regarding immovable property.","citation":"Civil Procedure Code, Article 44(2)","href":"/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/44/#p2"},{"title":"Regional Court","condition":"100,001–500,000 Nakfas","detail":"For suits not regarding immovable property.","citation":"Civil Procedure Code, Article 45(1)","href":"/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/45/#p1"},{"title":"Regional Court","condition":"150,001–1,000,000 Nakfas","detail":"For suits regarding immovable property.","citation":"Civil Procedure Code, Article 45(2)","href":"/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/45/#p2"},{"title":"High Court","condition":"Above 500,000 Nakfas","detail":"For suits not regarding immovable property.","citation":"Civil Procedure Code, Article 46(1)(a)","href":"/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/46/#p1a"},{"title":"High Court","condition":"Above 1,000,000 Nakfas","detail":"For suits regarding immovable property.","citation":"Civil Procedure Code, Article 46(1)(b)","href":"/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/46/#p1b"}],"specialCases":["The High Court has exclusive jurisdiction over specified subjects, including corporate formation and liquidation, bankruptcy and maritime law, insurance, intellectual property, expropriation and property, public-servant liability, and nationality.","The High Court decides applications to enforce foreign judgments and arbitral awards.","Specific laws may provide exceptions to the general thresholds."],"caution":"This explains the thresholds written in the 2015 Code. It does not establish that the monetary amounts have not since been amended, so current filing practice should be confirmed before acting.","scope":{"kind":"legal-text","sourceEdition":"2015","currentPracticeEstablished":false},"source":{"label":"Civil Procedure Code · Articles 43–46","articleHref":"/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/44/","sourceHref":"/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/46/"},"canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/sectors/justice/procedures/civil-court-jurisdiction/"}