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 to order any judge of one court which is under their jurisdiction to go assist another court temporarily in an event of emergency, following which a report shall be made to the Ministry of Justice with dispatch.

The courts of justice have the following territorial jurisdiction:

municipal courts have the territorial jurisdiction as designated by the acts establishing them;

provincial courts have the territorial jurisdiction as designated by the acts establishing them; however, as for all the cases which have occurred in the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal court, if they are instituted before a provincial court, the provincial court may exercise discretion as to whether it should refuse to try and adjudicate upon any of the cases so instituted;

the Civil Court and the Criminal Court have the territorial jurisdiction throughout Phra Nakhon Province and Thon Buri Province; however, as for all the cases which have occurred outside the territories of Phra Nakhon Province and Thon Buri Province, they may be instituted before the Civil Court and the Criminal Court, but such court may exercise discretion as to whether it should refuse to try and adjudicate upon any of the cases so instituted,