The Supreme Court

(1) The Supreme Court shall have unlimited original jurisdiction to hear and determine any civil or criminal proceedings under any law and such jurisdiction and powers as may be conferred on it by this Constitution or any other law, 110 Provided that the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to hear and determine any application made by a person sentenced to death under any law after the expiration of one year from the passing of the sentence. (2) The justices of the Supreme Court shall be the Chief Justice and such number of other justices as may from time to time be prescribed by the National Assembly, Provided that the office of a justice shall not be abolished while there is a substantive holder thereof. (3) The Supreme Court shall be a superior court of record and, save as otherwise provided by any law, shall have all the powers of such a court. (4) The Supreme Court shall sit in such places as the Chief Justice may appoint. Referral of certain questions to the Supreme Court and the