(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