Section 6Sec./Art. 6

Jurisdiction of the Shari'ah District Courts. - The Shari'ah District Courts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region shall exercise exclusive original jurisdiction over the following cases where either or both are Muslims: Provided, That the non-Muslim partry voluntarily submits to its jurisdiction:

(a) All cases involving custody, guardianship, legitimacy, and paternity and filiation arising under Presidential Decree No. 1083;

(b) All cases involving disposition, distribution, and settlement of the estate of deceased Muslims, probate of wills issuance of letters of administrators or executors regardless of the nature or the aggregate value of the property;

(c) Petitions for the declaration of absence and death, and for the cancellation or correction of entries in the Muslim Registries mentioned in Title VI of Book Two of Presidential Decree No. 1083;

(d) All actions arising form customary and Shari'ah compliant contracts in which the parties are Muslims, if they failed to specify the law governing their relations;

(e) All petitions for mandamus, prohibition, injunction, certiorari, habeas corpus, and all other auxiliary writs and processes, in aid of its appellate jurisdiction;

(f) Petition for the constitution of a family home, change of name, and commitment of an insane person to an asylum;

(g) All other personal and real actions not falling under the jurisdiction of the Shari'ah Circuit Courts wherein the parties involved are Muslims, except those for forcible entry and unlawful detainer, which shall fall under the exclusive original jurisdiction of the Municipal Trial Court;

(h) All special civil actions for interpleader or declaratory relief wherein th eparties are Muslims residing in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region or the property involved belongs exclusive ly to Muslim and is located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region;

(i) All civil actions under Shari'ah law enacted by the Parliament involving real property in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region where the assessed value of the property exceeds Four hundred thousand pesos (₱400,000.00); and

(j) All civil actions, if they have not specified in the agreement which law shall govern their relations where the demand or claim exceeds Two hundred thousand pesos (₱200,000.00).

The Shari'ah District Court in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region shall exercise appellate jurisdiction over all cases decided upon the Shari'ah Circuit Courts in the Bagsamoro Autonomous Region within its territorial jurisdiction as provided under Article 144 of Presidential Decree No. 1083, as amended.