Chapter II Jurisdiction
第二章 管 轄
Section 1 Jurisdiction by Forum Level
第一節 級別管轄
"Article 18 The basic people's courts shall have jurisdiction as courts of first instance over civil cases, unless otherwise provided in this Law."
第十八條 基層人民法院管轄第一審民事案件,但本法另有規定的除外。
Article 19 The intermediate people's courts shall have jurisdiction as courts of first instance over the following civil cases:
第十九條 中級人民法院管轄下列第一審民事案件:
(1) major cases involving foreign element;
(一)重大涉外案件;
(2) cases that have major impact on the area under their jurisdiction; and
(二)在本轄區有重大影響的案件;
(3) cases as determined by the Supreme People's Court to be under the jurisdiction of the intermediate people's courts.
(三)最高人民法院確定由中級人民法院管轄的案件。
Article 20 The high people's courts shall have jurisdiction as courts of first instance over civil cases that have major impact on the areas under their jurisdiction.
第二十條 高級人民法院管轄在本轄區有重大影響的第一審民事案件。
Article 21 The Supreme People's Court shall have jurisdiction as the court of first instance over the following civil cases:
第二十一條 最高人民法院管轄下列第一審民事案件:
(1) cases that have major impact on the whole country;
(一)在全國有重大影響的案件;
and (2) cases that the Supreme People's Court deems it should try.
(二)認為應當由本院審理的案件。
Section 2 Territorial Jurisdiction
第二節 地域管轄
"Article 22 A civil lawsuit brought against a citizen shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the place where the defendant has his domicile; if the place of the defendant's domicile is different from that of his habitual residence, the lawsuit shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the place of his habitual residence."
第二十二條 對公民提起的民事訴訟,由被告住所地人民法院管轄;被告住所地與經常居住地不一致的,由經常居住地人民法院管轄。
A civil lawsuit brought against a legal person or any other organization shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the place where the defendant has his domicile.
對法人或者其他組織提起的民事訴訟,由被告住所地人民法院管轄。
"Where the domiciles or habitual residences of several defendants in the same lawsuit are in the areas under the jurisdiction of two or more people's courts, all of those people's courts shall have jurisdiction over the lawsuit."
同一訴訟的幾個被告住所地、經常居住地在兩個以上人民法院轄區的,各該人民法院都有管轄權。