National Judiciary

The National Judicial System is the judicial arm of the Government of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and is established by the Constitution, various Organic Laws and enabling Acts of Parliament. The other two "arms of Government" under the Constitution are the Legislature and the Executive. The National Judicial System consists of the following: The Supreme Court of Justice; The National Court of Justice; Other Courts established under Section 172 of the Constitution, including the entire District Courts and Local Courts, Military Courts, Taxation Courts, Coronial Courts, Mining Warden Courts, land Courts, Traffic Courts, Committal Courts, Grade five courts, etc. In order for the National Judicial System to effectively plan and exercise the people's judicial powers and functions, it held a number of strategic planning workshops and retreats involving the judges and the management of National Judicial Staff Service. From those retreats and planning sessions, the National Judicial System Mission Statement, Core Values, Goals, strategies were designed, developed and adopted.