1. By way of exception to the provisions of Chapters Two and Four of Section Twelve of Book One of this Law and the provisions of the Mediation and Conciliation Law, the President of the Federal Judicial Council or the Head of the Local Judicial Authority, as the case may be, may issue a decision establishing one or more divisions to be formed by way of delegation or appointment in accordance with the legislation regulating each authority. 2. The division referred to in Clause (1) of this Article shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate estate actions and all disputes relating to the inventory list, liquidation of the estate, division of its assets, and their distribution among the heirs, as well as any civil, real estate, or commercial action arising from or connected with the estate relating to its ownership, liquidation, or any of its affairs between the heirs and third parties, disputes arising between heirs and guardians or persons of equivalent status, and any incidental applications relating to the inclusion or exclusion of an heir, wills, endowments (waqf), or settlements between heirs in respect of gifts, where such matters arise from the estate or are inseparably connected thereto. 3. The division may seek the assistance of the Case Management Office and the Preparatory Judge provided for in this Law. 4. The division may seek the assistance of one or more local or international experts to review or prepare expert reports submitted thereto. It may discuss such reports with the experts who prepared or reviewed them and may order the completion of any deficiencies in their work and the rectification of any technical shortcomings identified therein. 5. Judgments issued by the division referred to in Clause (1) of this Article shall not be subject to appeal except by way of petition for reconsideration, and such judgment may also be revoked in accordance with the cases, controls, and procedures stipulated in this Law. 6. The President of the Federal Judicial Council or the Head of the Local Judicial Authority, as the case may be, may, upon the request or agreement of the parties to a civil or commercial action, issue a decision establishing a division to adjudicate such action in accordance with the provisions of Clause (1) of this Article. The provisions set out in Clauses (3), (4), and (5) of this Article shall apply to such division and to the judgments issued thereby.
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