The Supreme Court of Libya is the highest court of the Libyan judicial system. Law No 6 of 25 May 1982 on reorganising the Supreme Court provides that it is composed of a President and a sufficient number of counsellors, divided into circuits that each hear one type of case, with three counsellors in a circuit or five when needed. The law repealed the Supreme Court Law of 1953, and it fixes the seat of the court in the city of Tripoli, with power for its General Assembly to sit elsewhere. Its President and counsellors may not be dismissed, though one who has become incapable of his duties may be relieved with the approval of the General Assembly. A Library of Congress country study records that the court sat in Tripoli with five chambers, civil and commercial, criminal, administrative, constitutional and sharia, and that it was the final appellate body for cases from the lower courts.
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Source Libya 2011 Constitutional Declaration, Constitute Project
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Source Law No. 6 of 1982 on reorganising the Supreme Court, DCAF Libya legal databaseArticle 4, sessions in the city of Tripoli (seat)Quote, Article 4, sessions in the city of Tripoli (seat)
The Supreme Court shall hold its sessions in the city of Tripoli in the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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Source Law No. 6 of 1982 on reorganising the Supreme Court, DCAF Libya legal databaseArticle 4, sessions in Tripoli in LibyaQuote, Article 4, sessions in Tripoli in Libya
The Supreme Court shall hold its sessions in the city of Tripoli in the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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1. Libya, law and the judiciary, Library of Congress country study
Judicial system, five chambers of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was located in Tripoli and comprised five chambers: civil and commercial, criminal, administrative, constitutional, and sharia.
Judicial system, the Supreme Court as final appellate body for cases from lower courts, full text
The court was the final appellate body for cases emanating from lower courts.
View the Source2. Law No. 6 of 1982 on reorganising the Supreme Court, DCAF Libya legal database
Law No 6 of 1982, articles 1 to 3, composition in circuits
Article (1) The Supreme Court shall be composed of a President and a sufficient number of counsellors. Article (2) The Supreme Court shall be composed of circuits, each of which shall hear a type of cases that the court is competent to adjudicate, and there shall be as many circuits as necessary. Article (3)
Article 56, repeal of the Supreme Court Law of 1953
The Supreme Court Law of 1953 and the court’s internal regulation, as well as any ruling contrary to this law, shall be repealed.
Article 4, sessions held in the city of Tripoli
The Supreme Court shall hold its sessions in the city of Tripoli in the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Law No 6 of 1982, article 10, irremovability
Article (10) The President and counsellors of the Supreme Court may not be dismissed. However, if it becomes evident that one of them has become incapable of performing his duties for health reasons, or if he loses the confidence or status required by the position, he may be relieved of his post after hearing his testimony and upon approval by the General Assembly.
Law No 6 of 1982, article 4, sessions elsewhere by decision of the General Assembly
and by a decision from the General Assembly, the court may hold its sessions in any other place.
Law No 6 of 1982, article 3, circuits of three or five counsellors, full text
Article (3) Each circuit shall be composed of three counsellors and may be composed of five counsellors.
In Category: Courts, Law No 6 of 1982, article 1, courts of Libya
Article (1)
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Wikidata Q121546554, identity checked by label, class and country (w-mint-courts3-1003)View the Source Libya 2011 Constitutional Declaration, Constitute Project
In Legal System: Law of Libya, Article 1, Islamic Shari’a the main source of legislationQuote, In Legal System: Law of Libya, Article 1, Islamic Shari’a the main source of legislation
Islam shall be its religion and Islamic Shari’a shall be the main source of legislation.
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