This edition is not in force. Refer to the most recent edition.
List of amending documents:
Federal Decree-Law No. 19 of 2022
Federal Decree-Law No. 7 of 2025
His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, has issued the following Decree-Law:
- Having reviewed the Constitution;
- Federal Law No. 1 of 1972 on the Competencies of the Ministries and Powers of the Ministers, and its amendments;
- Federal Law No. 11 of 1981 on the Imposition of a Federal Customs Tax on Imports of Tobacco and its Derivatives, and its amendments;
- Federal Law No. 26 of 1981 on the Commercial Maritime Law, and its amendments;
- Federal Law No. 5 of 1985 promulgating the Civil Transactions Law, and its amendments;
- Federal Law No. 3 of 1987 promulgating the Penal Law, and its amendments;
- Federal Law No. 10 of 1992 promulgating the Law of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Transactions, and its amendments;
- Federal Law No. 11 of 1992 promulgating the Civil Procedure Law, and its amendments;
- Federal Law No. 18 of 1993 promulgating the Commercial Transactions Law;