DIFC Law No. 9 of 2005 on Personal Property Law

List of amending documents:

Amendment Law DIFC Law No. 2 of 2022

Amendment Law DIFC Law No. 3 of 2024

PART 1 — GENERAL 

1. Title 

This Law may be cited as the “Personal Property Law 2005". 

2. Legislative authority 

This Law is made by the Ruler of Dubai. 

3. Application of the Law 

This Law applies in the jurisdiction of the DIFC. 

4. Date of enactment 

This Law is enacted on the date specified in the Enactment Notice in respect of this Law. 

5. Commencement 

This Law comes into force on the date specified in the Enactment Notice in respect of this Law. 

6. Interpretation 

Schedule 1 contains: 

a. interpretative provisions which apply to the Law; and 

b. a list of defined terms used in the Law.

PART 2 — APPLICATION 

7. Application 

Unless stated otherwise in this Law, this Law applies to any property other than real property, regardless of whether such property is capable of being owned or transferred under the laws of any other jurisdiction.

(as amended by Amendment Law DIFC Law No. 3 of 2024)

(refer to the text in the previous edition)

PART 3 — TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY 

8. General rule as to tr...