Article 188 of Code of Civil Procedure

The filing of an action for annulment shall not entail a stay of enforcement of the arbitrator’s award. Nevertheless, the court hearing the action may, upon the claimant’s application, order a stay of enforcement of the award if there is apprehension of serious harm resulting from enforcement and the grounds for annulment are such as to make a judgment annulling the award likely. When ordering a stay of enforcement, the court may require the provision of security or order such measures as it considers sufficient to safeguard the defendant’s right. The order staying enforcement of the award shall extend to the enforcement measures taken by the party in whose favour the award was rendered from the date of the application for a stay of enforcement. Book Three Enforcement Chapter One General Provisions Article 189 (1) Enforcement Department: Enforcement and its notifications shall be entrusted to the Enforcement Department unless the law entrusts any of these matters to another body. A member of the judiciary shall be seconded to head this Department. One or more judges of the Court of First Instance shall also be seconded to assist him, the most senior of whom shall act in place of the head in his absence or where he is prevented from acting. Enforcement procedures and their notifications shall be carried out by a number of enforcement officers and process servers, and a sufficient number of employees shall be attached to the Department. A number of police officers shall also be seconded to it to assist in carrying out enforcement procedures and their notifications. And the Director of the Department shall supervise all the Department’s work and the enforcement officers, process servers, employees and police officers working in it. They shall report to him in their work and comply with his directions. The Director of the Department or the judges assisting him may issue ex parte orders in cases where the law grants the Director of the Enforcement Department authority to issue such orders. Grievances against them shall be made in the manner set out in the chapter concerning orders on petitions, and they shall, in respect of grievances against them, be treated as orders issued by the President of the Court of First Instance. A decision organizing the Enforcement Department shall be issued by the Minister of Justice. Enforceable Instrument: