The Municipal Court.
Section 18
SEC. 18. The Municipal Court.—There shall be a Judge and an auxiliary Judge of the Municipal Court for the city, who shall have the same powers, duties, and jurisdiction as justices of the peace and auxiliary justices of the peace generally; and, in addition thereto, territorial jurisdiction over the entire police zone of the city. The Municipal Court of the City of Zamboanga shall have concurrent territorial jurisdiction with the Court of First Instance of the Province of Zamboanga and the courts of justices of the peace of the respective municipalities to try crimes and misdemeanors committed within the zone for police purposes provided for in section six of this Charter. The court first taking jurisdiction of such an offense shall thereafter retain exclusive territorial jurisdiction thereof. The jurisdiction and powers now exercised by the justice of the peace of the capital of Zamboanga shall continue to be exercised by the Judge of the Municipal Court herein provided. The provision of this section notwithstanding, the justice of the peace courts in the Islands of Basilan, and in the municipality of Bolong and the municipal district of Taluksañgay, shall continue as such justice of the peace courts as heretofore until otherwise provided by law. All fines, forfeitures, and fees imposed and collected by the Municipal Court and justice of the peace courts authorized by this section shall accrue to the benefit of the city treasury.