Section 16: Appeals from decisions of Upper Area Courts, etc.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Area Court Edict 1967 and the Sharia Court of Appeal Law made applicable to the Federal Capital Territory by section 13 of this Act, any party aggrieved by a decision of an order of an Upper Area Court Grade I or II-
[Cap. 122. L.N.N. 1963](a) on any matter involving a question of Islamic Law, may appeal therefrom to the Sharia Court of Appeal;
(b) in a criminal matter, may appeal therefrom to the High Court;
(c) in a civil matter, other than a matter involving a question of Islamic Law, may appeal therefrom to the High Court.