General UAE Legal Questions LawFederal Law No. (10) of 2019 on Regulating Judicial Relations Among the Judicial, Federal and Local Authorities

Article 2 Exchange of information The Federal or Local Judicial Authorities shall exchange the information and data related to all adjudicated lawsuits thereof and any other information and data obtained from the official records and documents thereof in all the considered disputes, upon request. The information and data mentioned in this Article shall be considered as official documents. In addition, the exchange of information and data, in writing or via any other electronic means, is admissible.

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Article 3 Publication The judicial papers and documents shall be published among the Federal or Local Judicial Authorities, in accordance with the legislation in force in the State.

Article 4 Publication Fees and Expenses related to the Witnesses and Experts The Federal or Local Judicial Authority shall collect - in accordance with the federal and local legislation, as the case may be - the publication fees, wherever they are published in the State. The judicial authority that requested the publication shall be responsible for the expenses of the attendance of the witnesses or experts, as well as the costs of accommodation and return thereof.

Article 6 Legal Effect of a Letter Rogatory Any judicial procedure carried out pursuant to a letter rogatory, in accordance with Article

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Article 8 Binding Force of the Resolutions Issued by the Assigned Member of the Judicial Authority The resolutions or judgments issued by the assigned member of the judicial authority shall be deemed as equal as those issued by the judicial authority to which the member is assigned to work in, and they shall have the same legal effect.

Article 9 Authority Bearing the Assignment Costs The requesting judicial authority shall bear all financial entitlements and expenses incurred by the members of the judicial authority assigned to work therein, unless otherwise agreed between both judicial authorities.

Article 10 Execution of Judgments and Judicial Orders Any final or enforceable judgment or judicial order issued by a federal or local judicial authority shall be enforceable throughout the State, in accordance with the legislation in force in the State.

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Article 11 Execution of Judgments of Arbitral Tribunals and Committees The judgments of arbitral tribunals, conciliation decisions issued by reconciliation and settlement committees, judgments issued by committees of Rental Disputes and other committees with the same jurisdiction shall be enforceable in the State, in accordance with the procedures and controls regulated by the legislation in force in the State.

Article 12 Bonds of Execution Taking into consideration the provisions of Articles (10) and (11) hereof, all Bonds of Execution issued by a Federal or Local Judicial Authority, in accordance with the conditions and regulations legally prescribed, shall be enforceable throughout the State.

Article 13 Implementation Proceedings Implementation shall take place according to the laws and procedures followed in the Emirate requested to carry out such implementation, in a manner consistent with the Code of Federal Regulations in this regard.

Article 14 Unification of Local and Federal Judicial Principles A judicial body called the "Authority for Unification of Local and Federal Judicial Principles" shall be established and headed by the president of the Federal Supreme Court or a representative thereof, with the membership of two judges from the Federal Supreme Court, and the State's Supreme and Cassation Courts, nominated by the presidents of such courts. In the event that one of the members is unable to attend, the concerned court president shall nominate a substitute judge.

Article 15 Competence of the Authority The Authority shall be concerned with unifying the conflicting judicial principles issued by two or more of the supreme courts in the State, and it shall also be concerned with considering the requests to renounce a principle previously established thereby, in accordance with the procedures specified in Article (16) of this Law.

Article 16 Procedures of Submitting Requests to the Authority Requests of unifying the judicial principles shall be submitted to the Authority with a reasoned report from any of the presidents of the supreme courts in the State, federal Attorney-General or local public prosecutors, automatically or upon a request submitted to the same by federal or local governmental bodies. The president of any of the State's supreme courts may request the Authority, with a reasoned report and without the request being related to a specific appeal, to renounce a principle or principles previously

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Article 17 Meetings and Procedures of the Authority 1. The Authority shall convene, at the invitation of the president thereof, a regular meeting per year and whenever the need arises, to consider the requests submitted thereto, where its decisions, shall be issued, in all cases, by a majority of six of its members, and the meetings thereof shall be held at the headquarters of the Federal Supreme Court, or at the headquarters of any of the local judicial authorities, when necessary. 2. Requests submitted to the Authority shall not impede the courts from adjudicating the cases considered before the same.

Article 19 Organizing the Work of the Authority The Authority shall issue a resolution on the system of work thereof, the procedures followed before it, and the organization of the auxiliary body thereof.

Article 20 Publication of the Principles Established by the Authority Taking into consideration the Federal Law No. (1) of 1971 concerning the Official Gazette and the amendments thereof, referred to herein, the principles issued by the Authority formed in accordance with Article (14) hereof, shall be published in the official gazette, within 15 days from the day following the date of issuance thereof.

Article 21 Exceptions to the Application This law shall not apply to the judgments issued against the authorities of the Emirates requested to implement or against one of employees thereof for actions taken thereby due to the position, and the same shall not apply to the provisions that are incompatible with the international treaties and agreements, by which the Emirate requested to implement is

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Article 22 Repeals 1. Federal Law No. (11) of 1973 Regulating Judicial Relationships Amongst Member Emirates of the Federation, referred to herein, shall be repealed. 2. Any provision contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Law shall be repealed.

Article 23 Publication and Entry into Force This Law shall be published in the official Gazette and it shall come into force three months after the date of publication thereof. Signed Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of The United Arab Emirates Issued by us at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi: On: 22 Rabi' al-Thani 1441 H Corresponding to: December 19, 2019 AD

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