Section 50. Notice of appeal. (ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT 1986

ENACTMENT NO. 12 OF 1986
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT 1986

PART III- SYAR'IAH COURTS
Civil Appeal Procedure

Section 50. Notice of appeal.

(1) Appeals to the Syar'iah High Court shall be made by filing a notice of appeal in the prescribed form.

(2) The appellant may appeal against the whole or any part of a decision, and the notice of appeal shall state whether it is the whole or part only, and what part, of the decision that he is dissatisfied with.

(3) The notice of appeal shall be filed within fourteen days from the date on which the decision was pronounced; and the Court appealed from shall thereupon supply to the appellant, upon payment of the prescribed fee, a certified copy of the decision or, in case no written decision was made, a certified copy of the grounds of decision.

(4) When the certified copy is ready, the Court appealed from shall notify the appellant thereof.

(5) Within fourteen days from the date of receipt of the notification mentioned in subsection (4), the appellant shall, unless the Court appealed from for sufficient cause otherwise orders-

(a)

deposit in the Court appealed from a sum which in the opinion of the Court will be sufficient to cover the cost of preparing a sufficient number of copies of the appeal record for the use of the Syar'iah High Court and the parties involved in the appeal; and

(b)

lodge in the Couft appealed from a sum of two hundred and

fifty ringgit or such lesser sum as the Court may in any case direct, by way of security for the costs of the appeal.

(6) The notice of appeal shall be served by the appellant on all parties affected by the appeal or on other respective advocates.