 Since the entering into law of a new Criminal Procedure Code on 1 June 2005, the official name for these courts has been "Heavy Penal Courts (competent to examine crimes under article 250 of the Criminal Procedure Code)".Most of the cases heard in these courts concern cases of political prisoners.Abolished in 2017, the militairy related cases were picked up by the Heavy Penal Courts and the Criminal Courts of first instance.