Section 26. Uniform laws for the courts, &c.; special courts prohibited

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Uniform laws for the courts, &c.; special courts prohibited

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Election Date: April 23, 1968

Votes For Ratification: 910855

Votes Against Ratification: 729845

Percent for Ratification: 56%

Percent Against Ratification: 44%

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Amendment Source: PA 1967 Question 5

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Uniform laws for the courts, &c.; special courts prohibited

All laws relating to courts shall be general and of uniform operation, and the organization, jurisdiction and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, and the force and effect of the process and judgments of such courts, shall be uniform; and the General Assembly is hereby prohibited from creating other courts to exercise the powers vested by this Constitution in the judges of the courts of Common Pleas and Orphans’ courts.

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