1The entire territory of the Republic of Albania is subdivided into judicial districts, which is the unit where a court of general jurisdiction of first instance is functioning. Any juridical district may cover the territory of one or more municipalities.

2Courts of general jurisdiction of appeal and specialized courts shall expand their territorial competences over at least two judicial districts.

3The judicial districts and the territorial competences of courts shall be determined by taking into account, in the same and appropriate manner, the following criteria:

aThe territorial administrative structure of the country, the demographic development, the number of inhabitants compared to the number of courts, the economic development, the road infrastructure and transportation conditions to courts and between the courts as well as geographical characteristics;

bThe caseload in courts regarding the incoming, completed and pending cases, the efficiency of courts and judges in rendering justice, available human resources, location and size of penitentiaries.

4In order to raise the efficiency and to ensure the specialisation of courts, the minimum number of judges will be:

aIn a court of first instance of general and administrative jurisdiction shall be at least seven judges,

bIn a court of appeal of general and administrative jurisdiction shall be at least ten judges,

cIn the Anti-corruption and Organized Crime Specialized Court of first instance shall be at least 16 judges;

çIn the Anti-corruption and Organized Crime Specialized Court of appeal shall be at least 11 judges.

5Each judge assuming the function in a court of general jurisdiction or in an administrative court shall have an average number of judicial cases per year not lower than the average caseload per judge per year at the same level, in the past three years.