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THE CYPRUS SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court is the final appellate court of the Republic. It is also vested with jurisdiction to determine the constitutionality of laws, rules and regulations and has sole competence and exclusive jurisdiction to review the legality of acts, decisions or omissions emanating from the exercise of executive or administrative authority.
Moreover it is vested with original jurisdiction to issue writs known in English Law as prerogative writs that is orders in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari. A law may entrust original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court in a particular field of law and such jurisdiction has been vested in the Supreme Court in admiralty matters.
The Supreme Court as the Electoral Court has the power to hear and determine petitions concerning the interpretation and application of the Electoral Laws.
FIRST INSTANCE COURTS
The principal first instance courts are the District Courts operating in every District of the Republic with the exception of the occupied areas; composed of District Judges, Senior District Judges and Presidents of District Courts.
The other first instance Courts are:
• The Assize Courts
• The Military Court
• The Industrial Disputes Court
• The Rent Control Courts
• The Family Courts
JUDGES
First instance judges are appointed, transferred, promoted and are subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of Judicature (composed of the members of the Supreme Court) whereas Supreme Court Judges are appointed by the President of the Republic.
The judges of the first instance Courts serve until they attain the age of sixty-three. Judges of the Supreme Court serve until they attain the age of sixty-eight. Their tenure is predetermined by the Constitution in the case of Judges of the Supreme Court and by The Courts of Justice Law in the case of first instance judiciary.
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