The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a unified judicial system consisting of the: (1) Supreme Court. (2) Superior Court. (3) Commonwealth Court. (4) Courts of common pleas. (5) Community courts. (6) Philadelphia Municipal Court. (7) Pittsburgh Magistrates Court. (8) Traffic Court of Philadelphia. (9) Magisterial district judges. All courts and magisterial district judges and their jurisdiction shall be in this unified judicial system. (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days) 2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law. References in Text. The Traffic Court of Philadelphia, referred to in this section, was abolished by Joint Resolution No.2 of 2016. Cross References. Section 301 is referred to in section 102 of this title; section 3717 of Title 22 (Detectives and Private Police).
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