The National Tribunal of Appeals

As the one and only Tribunal of Appeals established by the Supreme Tribunal of the Signatura Apostolica (Prot. No. 15832/83 V.T. 28 May 1984) for all Tribunals of First Instance in the Philippines, the National Appellate Tribunal under the administrative supervision of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines with necessary jurisdictional competence:

1. Shall accept, review, process and decide any and all appealed Cases concerning: 1) Marriage Nullity; 2) Conjugal Separation; 3) Contentious Penal issues.

2.   Shall give due respect to the prerogative of all the Tribunals of First Instance in the Philippines to transmit their appeals directly to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota as a Second Instance Tribunal.