I.Criminal Jurisdiction of the Municipal Trial Court(MTC), 6. Summary procedure in the ff.

cases:
Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) and Municipal Circuit Trial Court
(MCTC)
Excepts in cases failing within the exclusive original jurisdiction
RTC and of the Sandiganbayan, the MTC shall exercise the ff.
criminal jurisdiction:
(BORAT)
a.B.P. 22 cases (A.M 00-11-01-SC)
b. Violations of Municipal or City Ordinances
c. Violations of the Rental Law
d. All other criminal cases where the penalty prescribed by law
for the offense charged is imprisonment not exceeding P1,000

1.Over offenses punishable with imprisonment not exceeding (6)

years irrespective of the amount of fine, and regardless of other
imposable accessory or other penalties, including the civil liability
arising from such offenses or predicated thereon, irrespective of
kind, nature, value or amount thereof.

2. Where the only penalty provided for by law is a fine, over

offenses punishable with a fine a fine of not more than P4,000;

3. Offenses involving damage to property through criminal

negligence :

4.Special jurisdiction to decide on applications for bail in criminal

cases in the absence of all the RTC Trial Judges in a province or city

5.Under PD 1606 as amended by R.A. 8249, the criminal cases of:

a.Government officials and employees

b.Where the imposable penalty is imprisonment of six(6) years

or less or fine is P4,000; and

c. Officer charged does not fall under the jurisdiction of the

Sandiganbayan or whose salary is below grade 27and not among
those enumerated in Sec. 4, PD. 1606 as amended