• Special criminal court (SCC): only deals with criminal cases. It hears cases about paramilitary, subversive and organised crimes, but much of its workload now involves organised crime cases. The court sits with 3 judges and no jury, in order to avoid jury intimidation. OASA1939 provides for the establishment of SCC. They are established when the ordinary courts may be unable to secure the effective administration of justice and the preservation of public peace and order. Since 2016, there are 2 SCCs. The SCC 1 was established in 1972, and the SCC 2 began to operate in 2016 in order to deal with the backlog of cases. You can be charged directly before the SCC. You can be sent from DC to SCC. Your case can be transferred from the CC or CC to the SCC. SCC can deal with certain scheduled and non-scheduled offences. These scheduled offences generally involve subversive crime and are automatically transferred to the DCC. However, DPP can direct that a scheduled offence be tried before the ordinary criminal cts. Non-scheduled offences are cases that are referred to the SCC by the DPP, because they feel the ordinary cts cannot deal with them adequately. These are the scheduled and non-scheduled of offences that can be dealt with by the SCC e.g. scheduled: firearms offences, offences against the State certain malicious damage and attempting, conspiring, inciting to commit, or aiding and abetting the commission of a scheduled offence. Non-scheduled offences include: any case that is not on the list of scheduled offences above can be heard in the SCC, if the DPP believes the ordinary courts would be inadequate to secure the administration of justice and the preservation of public peace. You can appeal a conviction or sentence by a SCC to COA.