Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Papua New Guinea, serving as the final court of appeal and the ultimate interpreter of the nation’s constitution and laws.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Court canonical 2

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
court of final appeal ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Supreme Court ⓘ
appealTo none ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
canDeclare unconstitutionality of laws ⓘ
canIssue binding precedents ⓘ
composition Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
other justices of the National Court of Justice ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
dateEstablished 1975 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
governs judicial review of executive actions in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
judicial review of legislative actions in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver appeals from lower courts in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
constitutional matters in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasPower to enforce fundamental rights under the Constitution of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom National Court of Justice of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
interprets Constitution of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
statutory law of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
isHighestCourtOf Papua New Guinea ⓘ
jurisdiction Papua New Guinea ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legalTradition adversarial system ⓘ
locatedIn National Capital District ⓘ
Port Moresby ⓘ
oversees National Court of Justice of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
partOf judiciary of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
regionServed entire territory of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
role final court of appeal in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
highest judicial authority in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
ultimate interpreter of the Constitution of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
ultimate interpreter of the laws of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
typeOfCases administrative law appeals ⓘ
civil appeals ⓘ
constitutional references ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court ⓘ
subject linked to: Supreme Court