71 8- The age of counselors should not be less than 40 sidereal years, judges than 30 years and the rest of the members of judicial bodies than 21 years; 9- Not to be married to a non-Arab or he may be exempted from this clause upon a Council decision; Supreme Council of Judicial Bodies The Supreme Council of Judicial Bodies manages judicial affairs in their entirety under the chairmanship of the SecretaryGeneral of the People's General Committee on Justice. Its membership is composed of the President of the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor-General, the Secretary-General of the People's General Committee on Justice, Head of the Judicial Bodies' Inspection Department, Chairmen of the Litigation Department, the People's Law Office, and the Law Department and the most senior chairman of the Courts of Appeal, all are members of judicial bodies, each whose grade is no less than chairman of the court of appeal. Council Jurisdiction Pursuant to the Judicature Law mentioned above, the realm of competence of this Council has typically featured in designing judicial policies as well as in the appointment, promotion, transfer, secondment, and disciplining of members of the judicial bodies and running their functional affairs including examination of suits they file to challenge decisions issued against them. Other assignments are more specifically listed as follows: 1- Give opinion on all cases pertinent to judicial bodies as well as study and propose legislation on promotion of judicial systems in place; 2- Ratify judicial provisions which laws sanction the essentiality of their ratification; 3- Issue penalty-pardoning decisions;