Appeal to Appeal Board
29.—(1)  Subject to section 55 of the Act any party to a proceeding before a Kadi or Naib Kadi or a proceeding in the Court may appeal against the judgment or order of the Kadi, Naib Kadi or the Court, as the case may be, to the Appeal Board constituted under that section.
(2)  Such appeal shall be brought by sending to the Secretary of the Majlis a notice of appeal addressed to the Appeal Board and by paying the prescribed fee. The Secretary shall cause a copy of the notice to be served as soon as possible on the Kadi, Naib Kadi or the Court, as the case may be, and on each respondent.
(3)  On receiving a notice of appeal, the presiding officer of the Court shall thereupon prepare and sign a copy of the grounds of his judgment and shall upon payment of the prescribed fees supply the grounds of judgment to the appellant together with a copy of the notes of the proceedings and copies of any other documents for which the appellant has applied to enable him to prepare the record.
(4)  When the documents referred to in paragraph (3) are ready, the Court shall give notice thereof to the appellant and within 21 days after receipt of the notice the appellant shall file in the Court sufficient copies of a record of appeal. Four copies of the record shall be forwarded by the Court to the President of the Majlis and a copy thereof shall be served on each respondent to the appeal.
(5)  The record of appeal shall consist of a petition addressed to the Appeal Board stating the grounds of the appellant’s objection to the judgment or order appealed from, a copy of the Court’s note of the proceedings, copies of all exhibits and documentary evidence, a copy of the notice of appeal and an index.
(6)  If the record of appeal is irregular or is filed out of time or if any respondent has not been served, the Court shall inform the President of the Majlis of such facts.
(7)  A respondent to an appeal may give notice to the Appeal Board through the Secretary of the Majlis and the other parties thereto that he intends to contend that the judgment or order appealed from should be varied, and such notice shall operate as a cross-appeal.
(8)  The Court may in its discretion grant a stay of execution of any judgment or order pending appeal.