Village Magistrate Court

Village Magistrate Court is a magistrates' court in the Village area of Gaborone, Botswana, run by the Administration of Justice. The Administration of Justice's contact directory lists it among the 27 magistrate courts in the country. According to the Administration of Justice, magistrates' courts are created by statute, the Magistrates Courts Act, as courts subordinate to the High Court, which controls and supervises them through reviews and appeals. They hear: - family matters, such as paternity and maintenance orders - adoptions of children - restraining orders in domestic violence cases - civil suits - criminal trials, which make up the bulk of their work The magistracy also includes a maintenance court, a small claims court and a stock theft court. The Government of Botswana gives the civil jurisdiction of the magistrates' courts as BWP 60,000. In the court hierarchy set out by the Government of Botswana, the Court of Appeal is the highest court, followed by the High Court, a superior court of record with unlimited jurisdiction, and the Industrial Court, which ranks equal to it; the magistrates' courts sit below. In 1966 there were only two magistrate courts in the country, at Lobatse and Francistown; the courts now sit in 27 centres. The Village is the original settlement of Gaberones, which became a suburb of the new capital when the modern town was founded in 1964 and is now known by that name. The court's number, as given in the Administration of Justice's contact directory, is +267 360 1735.

5264 Maratadiba, Gaborone, Botswana
Gaborone

24°40′10″S 25°56′17″E