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Practice question: Classification of Philippine Courts

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Practice question

Under Article VIII Section4, may the Supreme Court sit in divisions as well as en banc?
  1. No, the Court may never sit en banc
  2. No, each justice is a separate trial court
  3. Yes
  4. Only municipal judges may form its divisions
  5. Only private arbitrators may sit together

Legal references

  • BP129 Sections22,23,25 and35 (institutional classifications, without monetary thresholds): https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1981/bp_129_1981.html
  • 1987 Constitution, Article VIII Sections4 and5(5): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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