The Special Court is not competent for offenses indicated in articles 13 through 15, in as far as the competency of the People’s Court or of the court of appeal is established. Section 2 _Proceedings before Special Courts_ Article 17 Application of General Rules of Procedure (1) For the proceedings before the Special Courts, the code of criminal procedure, the judicature act, and their amendments apply, unless otherwise specified. (2) The rules of the second chapter of the juvenile court law are not applicable. Article 18 Local Competency of the Court The Special Court shall also be competent for those defendants who are seized or kept in confinement in its district. The jurisdiction, once established, will not be affected by the release of the defendant. * * * * * * * Article 23 Speeding up of the Proceedings (1) In all proceedings before a Special Court the sentence must be passed immediately without observation of any time limits, if the delinquent was caught in the very act or if his guilt is otherwise obvious. (2) In all other cases the term of summons (arts. 217 and 218 of the code of criminal procedure) shall be 24 hours. * * * * * Article 25 Relationship between the Special Courts and the regular courts (1) The Special Court must hand down a decision in a case, even if the trial shows that the act with which the defendant is charged is of such a nature that the Special Court is not competent to deal with it. If, however, the trial shows that the act comes under the jurisdiction of the People’s Court, the Special Court will refer the case to the latter court; article 270, paragraph 2, of the code of criminal procedure applies accordingly. (2) If the trial of a case before the People’s Court or the court of appeal, after the filing of the indictment, shows that the Special Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the act with which the defendant is charged, the People’s Court or the court of appeal can either decide the case themselves or direct the trial to take place before the Special Court. In the latter case the act with which the defendant is charged has to be described, with emphasis on its legal characteristics and on the penal law. Article 26 Incontestability (1) There is no legal appeal against a decision of the Special Court.