In exemption of the provisions of the preceding article, judgments of the First Instance Courts shall be issued by a panel of three judges in certain civil and commercial disputes as determined by the Law governing the procedures of civil courts.

And the judgments of criminal circuits shall be issued by a panel of three judges at the Court of Appeal in crimes of premeditated murder, rape, and theft with coercion, with exception to crimes affection the Union’s security and interests which fall under the jurisdiction of the Union Supreme Court – and the said judgments issued by the Criminal Circuits cannot be appealed, however they may be objected to by cassation in accordance with the provisions of Article (20) of Federal Law No. (17) of 1978 referred to above.