Five subject-matter courts sit at first instance in Malé, with magistrate courts on the atolls. The Family Court applies Islamic family law codified in the Family Act 2000, which raised the marriage age to eighteen and requires court registration of divorce.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- first instance
- Court type
- Specialised first-instance courts
- Jurisdiction
- First-instance jurisdiction divided by subject matter: civil and commercial claims, criminal prosecutions, family and inheritance, juvenile matters, and drug offences.
- Seat
- Malé
- Established
- 2010
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