PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
Oral applications to Court or Appeal Board
43.—(1)  Notwithstanding any requirement in these Rules, the registrar, the Court or the Appeal Board may, in an appropriate case, allow an application under these Rules to be made by way of an oral request by the applicant.
(2)  This rule does not apply to —
(a)the commencement of any proceedings in the Court under rule 9; and
(b)the commencement of any appeal to the Court or the Appeal Board under rule 38, 39 or 40.
Practice and procedure
44.  In matters of practice and procedure not expressly provided for in these Rules, the registrar, the Court or the Appeal Board may adopt the practice and procedure for the time being adopted in relation to civil proceedings in any court.
Fees
45.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), the fees specified in the Third Schedule shall be payable for the matters stated therein.
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(2)  The Court or the Appeal Board may, on an application by any person to any proceedings in the Court or Appeal Board, as the case may be, waive the relevant fees specified in the Third Schedule payable by that person by reason of the poverty of that person.
Transitional provision
46.—(1)  These Rules shall not apply to any proceedings or appeal commenced before 1st August 1999 and the revoked Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules (R 1, 1990 Ed.) shall continue to apply to that proceedings or appeal.
(2)  Any direction, order, decision or decree made by —
(a)the Kadi or Naib Kadi;
(b)the registrar or the Court; or
(c)the Appeal Board,
under the revoked Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules (R 1, 1990 Ed.), shall be treated as a direction, order, decision or decree made under these Rules and shall have the same force and effect as if it had been made by —
(i)the Kadi or Naib Kadi;
(ii)the registrar or the Court; or
(iii)the Appeal Board,
as the case may be, under these Rules.
(3)  Every registration of —
(a)marriage or revocation of divorce by the Kadi or Naib Kadi; or
(b)divorce by the Kadi,
under the revoked Muslim Marriage and Divorce Rules shall be treated as a registration of marriage or revocation of divorce or a registration of divorce under these Rules.