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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg/140px-Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg/210px-Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg/280px-Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Executive</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Jamaica" title="Monarchy of Jamaica">Monarch</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Jamaica" title="Governor-General of Jamaica">Governor-General</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Jamaica" title="List of heads of state of Jamaica">list</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Allen_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Allen (politician)">Patrick Allen</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Jamaica" title="Prime Minister of Jamaica">Prime Minister</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Holness" title="Andrew Holness">Andrew Holness</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Jamaica" title="Cabinet of Jamaica">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministries_and_Agencies_of_the_Jamaican_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministries and Agencies of the Jamaican Government">Ministries and agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Legislative</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Jamaica" title="Parliament of Jamaica">Parliament</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Jamaica">Senate</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Senate_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of the Senate of Jamaica">President</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Jamaica">House of Representatives</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica">Speaker</a></dd></dl></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Jamaica)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Jamaica)">Leader of the Opposition</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Peter_Phillips_(Jamaican_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Phillips (Jamaican politician)">Peter Phillips</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Jamaica" title="Elections in Jamaica">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>General: <a href="/wiki/2007_Jamaican_general_election" title="2007 Jamaican general election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Jamaican_general_election" title="2011 Jamaican general election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Jamaican_general_election" title="2016 Jamaican general election">2016</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Parliamentary_by-elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaican Parliamentary by-elections">by-elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Jamaica" title="List of political parties in Jamaica">Political parties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Court_of_Justice" title="Caribbean Court of Justice">Caribbean Court of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_(Jamaica)" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeal (Jamaica)">Court of Appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court of Jamaica">Supreme Court</a></li> <li>Parish Court</li> <li>Petty Sessions</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Jamaica" title="Parishes of Jamaica">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_Jamaica" title="Constituencies of Jamaica">Constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_divisions_of_Jamaica" title="Electoral divisions of Jamaica">Electoral divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Populated_places_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Populated places of Jamaica">Populated places</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Jamaica" title="Foreign relations of Jamaica">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Foreign_Trade_(Jamaica)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade</a> <dl><dd>Minister: <a href="/wiki/Kamina_Johnson-Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamina Johnson-Smith">Kamina Johnson-Smith</a></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Jamaica" title="List of diplomatic missions of Jamaica">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Jamaica" title="List of diplomatic missions in Jamaica">in Jamaica</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_nationality_law" title="Jamaican nationality law">Nationality law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_passport" title="Jamaican passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Jamaican_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Jamaican citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Jamaica" title="Visa policy of Jamaica">Visa policy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/32px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/48px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/64px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Jamaica" title="Portal:Jamaica">Jamaica portal</a> <div class="hlist" style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_political_science#Politics_by_region" title="Outline of political science">Other countries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_Jamaica" title="Template:Politics of Jamaica"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Jamaica" title="Template talk:Politics of Jamaica"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Jamaica" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Jamaica"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>judiciary of <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></b> is based on the <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Judiciary of the United Kingdom">judiciary of the United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dos_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dos-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The courts are organized at four levels, with additional provision for appeal to the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a> in London. The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court. The Supreme Court has unlimited jurisdiction in all cases, and sits as the Circuit Court to try criminal cases. The Parish Court (formerly known as the Resident Magistrate's court) in each parish hears both criminal and civil cases, excluding grave offences. The Petty Sessions are held under Justices of the Peace, with power to hear minor crimes.<sup id="cite_ref-report0203_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report0203-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hudson-seyler_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudson-seyler-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jamaica is a <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a> jurisdiction, in which precedents from <a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commonwealth">British Commonwealth</a> tradition may be taken into account. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Court_of_Appeal">Court of Appeal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Court of Appeal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in Jamaica; it is superior to the Supreme Court.<sup id="cite_ref-dos_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dos-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-report0203_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report0203-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Court is composed of a President and six other Judges. The Chief Justice is also a judge <i>ex officio</i> of the Court of Appeal, but participates only when asked to do so by the President. Although the Court of Appeal is the highest court in Jamaica, its judgements may themselves be appealed to the <a href="/wiki/King-in-Council" title="King-in-Council">King-in-Council</a>, in which case they are heard by the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-dos_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dos-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-report0203_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report0203-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Jamaica" title="Parliament of Jamaica">House of Representatives</a> approved with the necessary two-thirds majority bills to end legal appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and make the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Court_of_Justice" title="Caribbean Court of Justice">Caribbean Court of Justice</a> as Jamaica's final court of appeal. The reform will be debated by the Senate. However, the government will need the support of at least one opposition senator for the measures to be approved by the required two-thirds majority.<sup id="cite_ref-a_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-b_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supreme_Court">Supreme Court</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Supreme Court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Supreme Court has unlimited original jurisdiction in criminal and civil cases. The <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice of Jamaica">Chief Justice</a> of the Supreme Court is the head of the judiciary (currently <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Sykes_(judge)" title="Bryan Sykes (judge)">Bryan Sykes</a>). Besides the Chief Justice, the court is composed of the Senior Puisne Judge and additional Puisne Judges, with their number established by Parliament. In response to increasing case load, Parliament in 2008 increased the number of spaces on the Supreme Court from 26 to 40<sup id="cite_ref-sc-expand_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-expand-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the new spaces filled over time by appointment of new judges. </p><p>The Supreme Court has a number of divisions, in which a subset of the justices hear specific types of cases. The Circuit Court is the division for criminal cases, holding sessions in the individual <a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Jamaica" title="Parishes of Jamaica">parishes</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Justices_of_the_Peace_(Appeals)_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Justices of the Peace (Appeals) Act (page does not exist)">The Justices of the Peace (Appeals) Act</a> states that the "Circuit Court for every parish in this Island shall be the Appeal Court for matters arising in every such parish."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other divisions of the Supreme Court are the <a href="/wiki/Gun_Court" title="Gun Court">Gun Court</a>, the Commercial Court, the Revenue Court, and the Family Court. In the civil division of the Supreme Court the judge sits alone without the jury, except in cases of defamation. The Supreme Court also serves as a Constitutional Court for Jamaica. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parish_Courts">Parish Courts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parish Courts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each parish has a Parish Court with power to hear civil and criminal matters. The jurisdiction of each court extends one mile beyond the border of its parish. Severe crimes such as rape, treason, and murder are not tried by the Parish Courts, but are referred to the Supreme Court after a preliminary hearing. </p><p>The Parish Courts also have a number of divisions, including the Family Court, Coroners Court, Tax Court, Juvenile Court, Traffic Court, Small Claims Court, Night Court, Drug Court, and Gun Court (Parish Court Division). </p><p>Resident Magistrates or Parish Court are appointed by the Governor General on recommendation of the Judicial Services Commission. They are assigned to a parish by the Chief Justice and report to the Chief Justice. The minimum qualification for the Resident Magistrate is five (5) years at the Bar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Petty_Sessions">Petty Sessions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Petty Sessions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Petty Sessions hear minor criminal matters, such as resisting arrest. Justices of the Peace serve as judges in the Petty Sessions. Petty Session Courts require a minimum of two Justices of the Peace, to be properly constituted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Caribbean_Court_of_Justice">Caribbean Court of Justice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Judiciary_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Caribbean Court of Justice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001 Jamaica signed the agreement establishing the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Court_of_Justice" title="Caribbean Court of Justice">Caribbean Court of Justice</a>. The Court has a dual role: it has original jurisdiction and functions as an international court in interpreting and applying the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Chaguaramas" title="Treaty of Chaguaramas">Treaty of Chaguaramas</a>, which established <a href="/wiki/CARICOM" class="mw-redirect" title="CARICOM">CARICOM</a>; and it is intended to replace the Privy Council as a court of last appeal for the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean.<sup id="cite_ref-ccj-faq_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccj-faq-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ufiml_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ufiml-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004 the Jamaican Parliament approved the establishment of the CCJ as the highest court in its Original Jurisdiction in the interpretation of the Revised Treaty of Chagaramus, while at the same time attempting to replace Privy Council as the final appellate court in Jamaica. However, in 2005 the Privy Council struck down the change to the final appellate court as unconstitutional because the Privy Council's status is an entrenched provision in the Jamaican Constitution and as such more would be required to remove the Privy Council as the final appellate court. The Council ruled that although Parliament was within its powers to remove appellate jurisdiction from the Privy Council, it could not grant jurisdiction to the CCJ through an ordinary act. Instead, such a change must meet the more rigorous standards for amending "entrenched" provisions of the Jamaican Constitution. As a result, the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal for Jamaica. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Jamaica" title="Geography of Jamaica">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Jamaica" title="List of cities and towns in Jamaica">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fauna_of_Jamaica" title="Category:Fauna of Jamaica">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Flora_of_Jamaica" title="Category:Flora of Jamaica">Flora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Jamaica" title="List of islands of Jamaica">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Jamaica" title="Parishes of Jamaica">Parishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Jamaica" title="List of rivers of Jamaica">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_resources_management_in_Jamaica" title="Water resources management in Jamaica">Water resources</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Jamaica" title="Politics of Jamaica">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Jamaica" title="Attorney General of Jamaica">Attorney general</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Jamaica" title="Cabinet of Jamaica">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice of Jamaica">Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Jamaica" title="Constitution of Jamaica">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Jamaica" title="Elections in Jamaica">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Jamaica" title="Foreign relations of Jamaica">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Constabulary_Force" title="Jamaica Constabulary Force">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Jamaica">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Defence_Force" title="Jamaica Defence Force">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Jamaica" title="Monarchy of Jamaica">Monarchy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Jamaica" title="Governor-General of Jamaica">Governor-General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Jamaica" title="Royal tours of Jamaica">Royal tours</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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