Sec. 943. The recorder's court in the city of Detroit shall have cognizance and jurisdiction of all offenses under this act committed within the limits of said city, and the offender may in all cases be there proceeded against by information, as provided by the charter of said city or any other statute applicable thereto. In all other cases, the circuit court for the proper county shall have cognizance of such offenses committed within the county, and in cases where the punishment is by such fine or such imprisonment, 1 or both, as the justice's court may impose. The proper justice's court shall have cognizance and jurisdiction thereof.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.943
Recorder's court; jurisdiction; circuit courts, jurisdiction
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 263 Mich. App. 497 - Deleeuw v. Board of State Canvassers (2004)
Most recently applied in 268 Mich. App. 506 - Michigan Civil Rights Initiative v. Board of State Canvassers (January 2006)
1954, Act 116, Eff
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