(4)
For the purpose of hearing and determining any appeal
within its Jurisdiction, the court of appeal shall have all the
powers vested in the court from which the appeal is brought.
C: THE HIGH COURT
Composition of 131
The high court
6 of 2001
Jurisdiction of 132
High Court
(1)
(2)
There shall be a High Court of The Gambia which shall
consist of (a) The Chief justice;
(b) Not less than seven other justice of the High Court; and
(c) Any judge of a superior court whom the Chief justice
may, by writing, request to sit as a judge of the High
Court.
The High Court shall be duly constituted by a single judge.
(3)
The High Court may sit at such places in The Gambia as
the Chief Justice may determine, and he or she may
establish permanent divisions of the Court to sit at various
places throughout The Gambia and appoint judges of the
Court to any such division.
(1)
Save as provided in section 127, the High Court shall have
original jurisdiction (a)
(b)
(2)
Supervisory jurisdiction 133
D:
to hear and determine all civil and criminal
proceedings;
to interpret and enforce the fundamental rights and
freedoms as provided in section 18 to 33 and
section 36 (5), and in the exercise of such
jurisdiction, the Court shall have all such power and
authority as may be conferred by this Constitution
or any other law.
The High Court shall have such jurisdiction in
appeals from courts subordinate to it (other than the
cadi court) as may be prescribed by an Act of the
National Assembly.
The High Court shall have supervisory jurisdiction over all
lower courts and adjudicatory authorities in The Gambia,
and in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction, shall
have power to issue directions, orders, or writes, including
writes of habeas corpus, orders of certiorari, mandamus
and prohibition as it may consider appropriate for the
purposes of enforcing its supervisory powers.
SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURT
Special Criminal Court 134.
(1)
There shall be a Special Criminal Court which shall