The Supreme Court (SC) is set to conduct the 17th special Shari’ah bar examinations for 2022 on March 20 and 22 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.
In an announcement, the SC’s Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) said that on March 20, the examinations will be on Persons, Family Relation and Property from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, while Jurisprudence and Customary Laws will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
On March 22, the examinations will be on Procedure in Shari’ah Courts in the morning, and Succession, Wills/Adjudication and Settlement of Estates in the afternoon.
There is only one of five organized Shari’ah districts courts in operation. Officer-in-Charge Raul Bautista Villanueva of the SC's Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) said that there are 19 Shari'ah circuit courts operating out of 36 which have been organized. He said these courts are in Regions IX (Western Mindanao) and XII (Central Mindanao) in the country.
Shari’ah district court functions like the regional trial courts, while Shari’ah circuit courts are like the municipal and metropolitan trial courts.