| 4th | 5th | 6th | . | | . |SENATE | SENATE | SENATE| . | | . +-------+--------+-------+ . | | . . | | ..................... . | | . . | +------------------+ +------------------+ +-----------------+ | | DISTRICT COURTS | | SPECIAL COURTS | | CIVIL COURTS | | | OF APPEAL | |(_At least one in_| | MARTIAL | | |(_At least one in_| | _each province_) | |After February | | |_each province_) | | | |1945, created | | +------------------+ |Criminal | |wherever needed | | | Civil Chamber | |jurisdiction | |using one | | +------------------+ |_only_; first | |criminal court | | |_Criminal_ appeals| |and last instance.| |judge and a Reich| | |from District | +------------------+ |prosecutor. | | |Courts, and | +-----------------+ | |clemency or | | |nullity pleas | | |from Special | | |Courts, went | +--------------------+ | |directly to | |APPELLATE HEREDITARY| | |Supreme Court | | HEALTH COURTS | | |after 1939. In | +--------------------+ | |1944 _all_ | | | |judicial | | | |functions of | SINGLE APPEAL | |these Courts | | |were eliminated. | | | +------------------+ | | | | | | | | +------------------+ +--------------------+ | | DISTRICT COURTS | |MUNICIPAL HEREDITARY| | +------------------+ | HEALTH COURTS | +-| CRIMINAL CHAMBER | +--------------------+ +------------------+ | CIVIL CHAMBER | +------------------+ | | +------------------+ | MUNICIPAL COURTS | | | NOTE: | Single Chambers | _Solid_ connecting lines show existence | for minor civil | and direction of appeal. | and criminal | _Dotted_ connecting lines show review | matters. | channels for clemency and nullity +------------------+ pleas (no appeal).