64 The Court of First Instance has an Accusation Chamber administered by a magistrate judge. It is competent to consider referral of felonies previously referred to it by the Public Prosecution to the Criminal Court or to issue a writ declaring that there is no point in litigating. It is thus authorized to complete investigations as an accusation and referral power. Judgments issued by the Court of First Instance are contestable before the Court of Appeal which is a higher court (Article 307 Code of Proceedings). Verdicts issued by the Court of Appeal are contestable before the Supreme Court within certain limits. The number of Courts of First Instance is (24) spread throughout the Great Jamhirya. Each court is composed of a chairman and a number of judges. C- Courts of Appeal At the level of Appellate Court, litigation is devoted to two degrees of appeal. It is competent to examine the following cases: 1- Contestations lodged by persons concerned regarding judgments issued by courts of first instance other than cases of appeal against judgments issued by summary courts; 2- Crimes punishable by death penalty, life imprisonment or imprisonment; 3- Challenges regarding administrative decisions of government agencies; Each court of appeal is composed of a chairman and three counselors. Its judgments are contestable before the Supreme Court (Article 336 Code of Proceedings). There are currently (7) Courts of Appeal in the Great Jamhirya; in Tripoli, Benghazi, Musrata, Al Gabal Al Aghdar, Al Zawya, Sabha and Al Khoms. The specialized Tripoli Court of Appeal was abolished and its jurisdiction transferred to the Tripoli Court of Appeal. The State Security Court, headquartered in the City of