1. With the exception of offences falling within the jurisdiction of the Federal Supreme Court, the Court of First Instance composed of three judges shall have jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate on the felonies punishable by Qisas [retaliation in kind], death penalty or life imprisonment, transferred thereto by the Public Prosecution, and shall hereinafter be referred to as the Major Criminal Court. The court composed of one judge shall have jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate on other offences punishable by a determinate prison sentence, and shall hereinafter be referred to as the Minor Criminal Court. 2. The court composed of one judge shall have jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate all cases of misdemeanors and petty offences, and shall hereinafter be referred to as the Misdemeanor Court. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Law, the chairman of the Federal Judicial Council and the heads of local judicial bodies, as the case may be and in accordance with the laws regulating their work, may set up the rules that regulate the work and determine the competences of the one-day court of the misdemeanor court, as well as the mechanism of serving the litigants, the order of the hearings thereof and other procedures of such a court.
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