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Supreme Court of the Republic of China

Supreme Court of the Republic of China
中華民國最高法院
Supreme Court of the ROC.JPG
Established 1927
Country Republic of China
Location Taipei, Taiwan
Composition method legislative selection/executive selection/
Authorized by ROC Constitution
Judge term length Life tenure
Website www.judicial.gov.tw
Chief Justice
Currently Yang Ting-chang
Since February 2012

The Supreme Court of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國最高法院; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zuìgāo Fǎyuàn) is the court of last resort in the Republic of China, although matters regarding interpretation of the Constitution and unifying the interpretation of laws and orders are decided by the Constitutional Court of the Judicial Yuan.

The Supreme Court was originally established as Dali Yuan (Chinese: 大理院; pinyin: Dàlǐ Yuàn) in 1909. After the Chinese reunification, the government of the Republic of China renamed Dali Yuan to the Supreme Court in 1927 and made the Court the nation's court of last resort in 1928. On March 1949, the Court was moved to Canton with Judicial Yuan. Shortly after in August 1949, the Court was moved to Taipei, Taiwan, where the Kuomintang government retreated after the Chinese Civil War. Originally it was located at Judicial Building at Chung-king South Road, but it was later moved to its current location on Chang-sha Street since 1992.

The Organic Law of the Court states that the judicial system shall be composed of the Supreme Court, High Courts, and District Courts, in which the system of “three-level and three-instance” is used. The Supreme Court is the court of last resort for civil and criminal cases. Except for civil cases involving amounts not exceeding NT $1,500,000 and petty offences enumerated in Article 376 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, any civil or criminal case may be appealed to the Court.

More specifically, the Court exercises jurisdiction over the following cases:


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