Indicate the most accurate statement:

a.

The procedural steps to be taken in an appeal from a magistrates' court decision consist of the appellant verbally requesting the judicial officer against whose judgment he or she wishes to appeal reasons for the judgment.

b.

A party who takes a matter on appeal is bound by the record of the court aquo and cannot raise a new point circumstance which does not appear from the record.

c.

The noting of an appeal does not automatically suspends execution of the judgment, pending the outcome of the appeal.

d.

The appeal procedure can be divided into the first phase is governed by rule 50 and refers to the procedure in the magistrates' court, while the second is governed by Uniform Rule 51 and refers to the procedure in the High Court.