Federal Decree by Law on Promulgating the Civil Procedure Code

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Federal Decree by Law No. (42) of 2022 Promulgating the Civil Procedure Code

Issued Date: 03 Oct 2022
Effective Date: 02 Jan 2023
Official Gazette Date: 10 Oct 2022
Official Gazette No: 737
Legislation State: Active

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HEADING: Index
TEXT: Index
HEADING: Preliminary Part: General Provisions
HEADING: Title One: Litigation before Courts - Part One: Jurisdiction of Courts
HEADING: Chapter One: Universal Jurisdiction of Courts
HEADING: Chapter Two: Subject-Matter Jurisdiction of Courts
HEADING: Chapter Three: Territorial Jurisdiction of Courts
HEADING: Part Two: The Institution, Registration and Determination of Value of Case
HEADING: Chapter One: Institution and Registration of Case
HEADING: Chapter Two: Determination of Case Value
HEADING: Part Three: Appearance and Absence of Litigants and Legal Representation
HEADING: Chapter One: Appearance and Absence of Litigants
HEADING: Chapter Two: Legal Representation
HEADING: Part Four: Intervention by Public Prosecution
HEADING: Part Five: Procedures and Order of Court Hearing
HEADING: Chapter One: Procedures of Court Hearing
HEADING: Chapter Two: The Order of Court Hearing
HEADING: Part Six: Pleas, Impleader, Invention and Interlocutory Applications
HEADING: Chapter One: Pleas
HEADING: Chapter Two: Impleader and Intervention
HEADING: Chapter Three: Interlocutory Applications
HEADING: Part Seven: Suspension, Stay, Abatement, Prescription and Discontinuance of Legal Proceeding
HEADING: Chapter One: Suspension and Stay of Legal Proceeding
HEADING: Chapter Two: Abatement, Prescription and Discontinuance of Legal Proceeding
HEADING: Part Eight: Ineligibility, Disqualification and Recusal of Judge
HEADING: Part Nine: Judgments
HEADING: Chapter One: Rendering of Judgment
HEADING: Chapter Two: Legal Costs
HEADING: Chapter Three: Correction and Interpretation of Judgments
HEADING: Part Ten: Writs on Petitions
HEADING: Part Eleven: Writs of Debt
HEADING: Part Twelve: Methods of Challenging Judgments
HEADING: Chapter One: General Provisions
HEADING: Chapter Two: Appeal
HEADING: Chapter Three: Motion for Reconsideration
HEADING: Chapter Four: Cassation
HEADING: Title Two: Miscellaneous Procedures and Lawsuits - Part One: Offer and Deposit
HEADING: Part Two: Suing Judges and Members of the Public Prosecution
HEADING: Title Three: Execution - Part One: General Provisions
HEADING: Chapter One: Execution Judge
HEADING: Chapter Two: Execution Writs
HEADING: Chapter Three: Expedited Enforcement
HEADING: Chapter Four: Execution of Foreign Judgments, Orders and Instruments
HEADING: Chapter Five: Executing Execution Writs and Decisions Related to Personal Status Matters
HEADING: Chapter Six: Execution Procedures
HEADING: Chapter Seven: Procedural Objections to Execution
HEADING: Part Two: Attachments
HEADING: Chapter One: General Provisions
HEADING: Chapter Two: Prejudgment Attachment
HEADING: Chapter Three: Garnishment
HEADING: Chapter Four: Attachment of movable property in the hands of a Debtor
HEADING: Chapter Five: Attachment of shares, papers, receipts and equity interest
HEADING: Chapter Six: Attachment Of Real Property And Sale Thereof
HEADING: Chapter Seven: Certain Special Sales
HEADING: Part Three: Distribution of the Proceeds of Execution
HEADING: Part Four: Execution in Rem
HEADING: Part Five: Detention of the Debtor and Banning him from Travelling and other Precautionary Procedure
HEADING: Chapter One: Detention of Debtors
HEADING: Chapter Two: Prevention of the Debtor From Travelling Abroad
HEADING: Chapter Three: Other Precautionary Procedures
HEADING: Part Six: Using Remote Communication Technology in Civil Procedures
HEADING: Federal Decree by Law No. (42) of 2022 Promulgating the Civil Procedure Code
TEXT: - Having reviewed The Constitution; - Federal Law No. (1) of 1972 regarding the Competences of Minis
TEXT: We Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates,
TEXT: We hereby enact the following Decree-Law:
TEXT: The accompanying law shall apply to civil procedures before the courts in the State.
TEXT: Article (1)
TEXT: Any provision contained in any other legislation that contradicts or is in conflict with the provisi
TEXT: Article (2)
TEXT: 1. The courts shall refer, without fees and of their own volition, the cases brought thereto that ha
TEXT: Article (3)
TEXT: The President of the Federal Judicial Council and the heads of the local judicial authorities, as th
TEXT: Article (4)
TEXT: This Decree-Law shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall come into force as of January
TEXT: Article (5)
HEADING: Preliminary Part: General Provisions
HEADING: Article (1)
TEXT: 1. The provisions of this Code shall apply to all legal proceedings that have yet to be adjudicated
HEADING: Article (2)
TEXT: No application or plea shall be admitted insofar as the filing party thereof has no existing lawful
HEADING: Article (3)
TEXT: 1. Legal proceeding for revocation of administrative decisions shall not be admitted after sixty [60
HEADING: Article (4)
TEXT: 1. Where this Code prescribes a mandatory time limit for taking any action that is conducted by serv
HEADING: Article (5)
TEXT: 1. Arabic shall be the official language of courts, and the Court shall hear the statements of the n
HEADING: Article (6)
TEXT: 1. The service of process shall be conducted upon the request of the litigant, or based on an order
HEADING: Article (7)
TEXT: 1. Any service of process shall be conducted, or any Execution procedure shall be initiated by the p
HEADING: Article (8)
TEXT: 1. The process to be served shall include the following details: a.The Plaintiff's name, surname, oc
HEADING: Article (9)
TEXT: 1. The Defendant shall be served by any of the following means: a. Audio or video recorded call, S..
HEADING: Article (10)
TEXT: Unless otherwise provided for in any other legislative instrument, a copy of the process shall be se
HEADING: Article (11)
TEXT: The service of process shall be deemed effective as follows: 1.As of the date of service according t
HEADING: Article (12)
TEXT: 1. If the law prescribes a time limit in days, months or years for appearance or for the occurrence
HEADING: Article (13)
TEXT: 1. The procedure shall be invalid if such invalidity is explicitly provided for in the law, or if th
HEADING: Article (14)
TEXT: Except for the cases where the invalidity is relating to the public order: 1.Invalidity may only be
HEADING: Article (15)
TEXT: The invalid procedure may be rectified even after being invoked, provided that such rectification ta
HEADING: Article (16)
TEXT: If the procedure is invalid but satisfies the elements of any other procedure, the latter shall be d
HEADING: Article (17)
TEXT: The transcript of court hearing shall be deemed an official deed in respect of its content, and shal
HEADING: Article (18)
TEXT: he process server, clerks or other judicial assistants shall not get involved in any activity that f
HEADING: Title One: Litigation before Courts - Part One: Jurisdiction of Courts
HEADING: Chapter One: Universal Jurisdiction of Courts
HEADING: Article (19)
TEXT: Except for actions in-rem relating to real property abroad, the Courts shall have the jurisdiction t
HEADING: Article (20)
TEXT: The Courts shall have the jurisdiction over the foreigner who has no place of residence or domicile
HEADING: Article (21)
TEXT: The Courts shall have the jurisdiction to adjudicate on the preliminary matters and interlocutory ap
HEADING: Article (22)
TEXT: If the Defendant fails to appear and the Court has no jurisdiction over the case according to the fo
HEADING: Article (23)
TEXT: Any agreement that goes against the Articles of this Chapter shall be null and void.
HEADING: Chapter Two: Subject-Matter Jurisdiction of Courts
HEADING: Article (24)
TEXT: 1. The Courts of First Instance have the jurisdictions to hear all claims, disputes and proceedings
HEADING: Article (25)
TEXT: Notwithstanding the provisions of the text of the forgoing Article, each Emirate may form committees
HEADING: Article (26)
TEXT: The Courts of Appeal shall have the jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate on the appeals filed therewi
HEADING: Article (27)
TEXT: 1. A judge of the Court of First Instance shall be designated at the seat of the Court to render a j
HEADING: Article (28)
TEXT: The courts of summary jurisdiction shall be exclusively authorized to impose receivership on any mov
HEADING: Article (29)
TEXT: 1.The First Instance Tribunals comprising a single judge shall hear the following cases: a.First i..
HEADING: Article (30)
TEXT: 1. Based on a decision of the Chairman of the Federal Judicial Council or the Head of the Local Judi
HEADING: Article (31)
TEXT: 1. The Chairman of the Federal Judicial Council or the Head of the Local Judicial Body, within the a
HEADING: Article (32)
TEXT: 1. By way of exception to the provisions of Chapters Two and Four of Section Twelve of Book One of t
HEADING: Chapter Three: Territorial Jurisdiction of Courts
HEADING: Article (33)
TEXT: 1. The court, within the territorial jurisdiction of which the Defendant's domicile is located, shal
HEADING: Article (34)
TEXT: 1. Jurisdiction on actions in-rem involving real property and the legal proceedings for possession s
HEADING: Article (35)
TEXT: Jurisdiction over the cases relating to companies or associations existing or undergoing liquidation
HEADING: Article (36)
TEXT: The jurisdiction over estate-related proceedings filed before division by the creditor of the estate
HEADING: Article (37)
TEXT: 1. Jurisdiction over bankruptcy-related cases shall be vested in the court within the territorial ju
HEADING: Article (38)
TEXT: Jurisdiction over the proceedings relating to supplies, contracting projects, property rents, wages
HEADING: Article (39)
TEXT: Jurisdiction over the proceedings relating to insurance claims shall be vested in the court within t
HEADING: Article (40)
TEXT: 1. For the cases involving a claim to take an interim or summary measure, the jurisdiction shall be
HEADING: Article (41)
TEXT: The court that hears the main case shall have the jurisdiction to decide on the interlocutory applic
HEADING: Article (42)
TEXT: If the Defendant has no domicile or place of residence in the State, and it is not possible to desig
HEADING: Article (43)
TEXT: For the obligations in respect of their performance an elected domicile has been chosen in advance,
HEADING: Part Two: The Institution, Registration and Determination of Value of Case
HEADING: Chapter One: Institution and Registration of Case
HEADING: Article (44)
TEXT: 1. The case shall be instituted before the Court at the request of the Plaintiff, through filing a s
HEADING: Article (45)
TEXT: 1. An office, to be known as the \"Case Management Office\", shall be established at the seat of the c
HEADING: Article (46)
TEXT: 1. The time limit for appearance before the Case Management Office or the competent court shall be t
HEADING: Article (47)
TEXT: 1. After the fees are collected, the Case Management Office shall have the case registered in the re
HEADING: Article (48)
TEXT: 1. Other than the cases of using remote communication technology or electronic registration, the Pla
HEADING: Article (49)
TEXT: 1. Other than the cases of using means and remote communication, the Case Management Office shall, n
HEADING: Chapter Two: Determination of Case Value
HEADING: Article (50)
TEXT: 1. The value of the case shall be determined on the filing day thereof. Under all circumstances, the
HEADING: Article (51)
TEXT: 1. If the value is not mentioned in cash but can be determined in cash, the value shall be determine
HEADING: Part Three: Appearance and Absence of Litigants and Legal Representation
HEADING: Chapter One: Appearance and Absence of Litigants
HEADING: Article (52)
TEXT: 1. Without prejudice to the Legal Profession Law, the litigants shall, on the day scheduled for the
HEADING: Article (53)
TEXT: 1. If neither the Plaintiff nor the Defendant appears, the court shall decide on the case - if judic
HEADING: Article (54)
TEXT: 1. The legal proceeding shall be deemed in presence of the Defendant if the latter appears in person
HEADING: Article (55)
TEXT: Without prejudice to the provisions of Article [56.1] of this Code, in the event that the duly-serve
HEADING: Article (56)
TEXT: 1. In the event of absence of the Defendant and where it has been revealed to the court or the Cases
HEADING: Article (57)
TEXT: 1. A duly-served litigant shall follow up on the adjournments, hearing dates and proceedings of the
HEADING: Chapter Two: Legal Representation
HEADING: Article (58)
TEXT: 1. The court shall permit attorneys to act on behalf of the original litigants pursuant to the provi
HEADING: Article (59)
TEXT: 1.The litigant's issuance of a power of attorney shall render the domicile of its attorney as the el
HEADING: Article (60)
TEXT: The legal representation shall authorize the attorney to perform the procedures and actions required
HEADING: Article (61)
TEXT: 1.All acts performed by the attorney at a court hearing in the presence of the client shall be deeme
HEADING: Article (62)
TEXT: No judge, Attorney General, member of the public prosecution, or a court employee may act as attorne
HEADING: Part Four: Intervention by Public Prosecution
HEADING: Article (63)
TEXT: The Public Prosecution may institute legal proceedings in the events prescribed by the law, and, in
HEADING: Article (64)
TEXT: With the exception of summary proceedings, the public prosecution shall intervene in the following i
HEADING: Article (65)
TEXT: With the exception of summary proceedings, the public prosecution may intervene in the following ins
HEADING: Article (66)
TEXT: The court may, regardless of the status-quo of the case, order referral of the case file, electronic
HEADING: Article (67)
TEXT: 1.The Public prosecution shall be deemed duly represented in a case whenever it has been served a no
HEADING: Article (68)
TEXT: Under all circumstances wherein the Law requires the intervention of public prosecution, the Cases M
HEADING: Article (69)
TEXT: At its request, the public prosecution shall be granted at least 7 [seven] business days to submit a
HEADING: Article (70)
TEXT: The public prosecution may intervene in the case notwithstanding the status-quo of the same prior to
HEADING: Article (71)
TEXT: In all cases wherein the public prosecution is an intervenor, the litigants involved may neither, fo
HEADING: Article (72)
TEXT: The Public prosecution may appeal any judgment in the events which the Law permits or required inter
HEADING: Part Five: Procedures and Order of Court Hearing
HEADING: Chapter One: Procedures of Court Hearing
HEADING: Article (73)
TEXT: Pleadings shall take place at the first court hearing. Where a Plaintiff or a Defendant submits, at
HEADING: Article (74)
TEXT: 1.The court or the supervising judge may order a fine of not less than AED 1,000 [one thousand UAE D
HEADING: Article (75)
TEXT: The order of penalty issued pursuant to the provisions of Articles [73] and [74] of this Code may be
HEADING: Article (76)
TEXT: 1.The court may permit the litigants, during the hearing of the case, to submit documents, pleas or
HEADING: Article (77)
TEXT: The court may offer amicable settlement to the litigants, and may, to that end, order the personal a
HEADING: Article (78)
TEXT: 1.The court may not adjourn a case more than once for the same reason which is attributable to eithe
HEADING: Chapter Two: The Order of Court Hearing
HEADING: Article (79)
TEXT: With the exception of personal status cases and legacy cases, pleadings shall be conducted in open c
HEADING: Article (80)
TEXT: 1.Litigants shall be summoned and called by the bailiff as on the date specified for the hearing of
HEADING: Article (81)
TEXT: The litigants may require the court, regardless of the litigation stage of the case, to order that t
HEADING: Article (82)
TEXT: 1.The order and management of the court hearing shall be vested in the presiding judge, who may, to
HEADING: Article (83)
TEXT: The court may, sua sponte, order removal of the inappropriate or obscene phrases or expressions whic
HEADING: Article (84)
TEXT: The presiding judge of the hearing shall order that a report be drawn up on each crime which occurs
HEADING: Article (85)
TEXT: In the event that a crime of assault has been committed against the Bench or any member of the Bench
HEADING: Part Six: Pleas, Impleader, Invention and Interlocutory Applications
HEADING: Chapter One: Pleas
HEADING: Article (86)
TEXT: 1.The plea to the territorial jurisdiction, the plea for referral of a case to another court on the
HEADING: Article (87)
TEXT: The plea to the territorial or subject-matter jurisdiction of the Court may be furnished at any stag
HEADING: Article (88)
TEXT: Subject to Article [33.5] of this Code, where the litigants have agreed to plead before a court othe
HEADING: Article (89)
TEXT: In the event that the same dispute is brought before two courts, the plea of referral shall be furni
HEADING: Article (90)
TEXT: The plea of referral on the basis of correlation may be furnished before either of the two courts, a
HEADING: Article (91)
TEXT: 1.Whenever the court orders referral in the foregoing instances, it may determine for the litigants
HEADING: Article (92)
TEXT: The invalidity of service of statements of claim and summons which results from an error involving t
HEADING: Article (93)
TEXT: 1.The motion to dismiss a case may be furnished at any stage of litigation. 2.Where the court is con
HEADING: Article (94)
TEXT: The motion to dismiss a case on the grounds of res judicata doctrine may be furnished at any stage o
HEADING: Article (95)
TEXT: The court shall decide on the pleas and motions on a case-by-case basis, unless it orders joinder of
HEADING: Chapter Two: Impleader and Intervention
HEADING: Article (96)
TEXT: The litigant may bring into an ongoing legal proceeding any Third Party who could have been validly
HEADING: Article (97)
TEXT: Each interested party may intervene in an ongoing legal proceeding alongside either litigant, or may
HEADING: Article (98)
TEXT: 1.The court may, sua sponte, order that any Third Party be brought into an ongoing legal proceeding,
HEADING: Chapter Three: Interlocutory Applications
HEADING: Article (99)
TEXT: 1.The Plaintiff or the Defendant may submit any interlocutory applications that are associated with
HEADING: Article (100)
TEXT: The Plaintiff may submit any interlocutory applications which: 1.Introduce correction of the origina
HEADING: Article (101)
TEXT: The Defendant may submit the following interlocutory applications: 1.A claim for judicial set-off or
HEADING: Article (102)
TEXT: 1.No interlocutory applications shall be admitted after the close of pleadings. 2.The court shall de
HEADING: Part Seven: Suspension, Stay, Abatement, Prescription and Discontinuance of Legal Proceeding
HEADING: Chapter One: Suspension and Stay of Legal Proceeding
HEADING: Article (103)
TEXT: 1.The legal proceeding may be suspended if the parties agree not to proceed with the same for not mo
HEADING: Article (104)
TEXT: The Court shall order suspension of a legal proceeding if it is convinced that that decision on its
HEADING: Article (105)
TEXT: 1.The legal proceeding shall be stayed by operation of law upon the death or incapacitation of eithe
HEADING: Article (106)
TEXT: The legal proceeding shall be resumed with regard to the litigant affected by the cause of stay of p
HEADING: Article (107)
TEXT: In the event that any of stay of proceeding causes occurs after the close of pleadings into the case
HEADING: Chapter Two: Abatement, Prescription and Discontinuance of Legal Proceeding
HEADING: Article (108)
TEXT: 1.Each litigant involved in the legal proceeding may, in the event that the legal proceeding is inte
HEADING: Article (109)
TEXT: 1.The application for abatement of legal proceeding shall be submitted to the court before which the
HEADING: Article (110)
TEXT: The judgment establishing abatement of the proceeding shall result in both the annulment of the judg
HEADING: Article (111)
TEXT: Where an appellate proceeding is decided to be abated, the appealed judgment shall, in all cases, be
HEADING: Article (112)
TEXT: 1. In all cases, the legal proceeding shall be time-barred with the lapse of one year following the
HEADING: Article (113)
TEXT: 1. The Plaintiff may discontinue the legal proceeding based on a notice of discontinuance to be serv
HEADING: Article (114)
TEXT: Discontinuance of the legal proceeding shall give rise to all the effects that result from the abate
HEADING: Article (115)
TEXT: 1. During the course of the legal proceeding, if the litigant waives a particular procedure or a pro
HEADING: Part Eight: Ineligibility, Disqualification and Recusal of Judge
HEADING: Article (116)
TEXT: 1. The judge shall, in the following cases, be ineligible to hear the legal proceeding, and, as such
TEXT: a. If he is the spouse, blood relative or an in-law up to the fourth degree of either litigant;
TEXT: b. If he or his wife has an existing legal proceeding against either of the litigants;
TEXT: c. If he is the attorney-in-fact, guardian, trustee or presumptive heir of either litigant, if he is
TEXT: d. If he or his wife, blood relative or in-law in the ancestral line, or a person for whom he is act
TEXT: e. If he and any of the tribunal judges has a relationship of kinship or affinity up to the fourth d
TEXT: f. If he and the representative of the Public Prosecution or the advocate of either litigant are rel
TEXT: g. If he had given an opinion, pleaded on behalf of either litigant or written anything in relation
TEXT: h. If he filed a claim for compensation against the disqualifying party or filed a complaint against
TEXT: 2. Any action taken, or decision made, by the judge in respect of any of the foregoing circumstances
TEXT: 3. If this invalidity occurs in relation to a judgment issued on a challenge by way of cassation, th
HEADING: Article (117)
TEXT: A judge may be disqualified on any of the following grounds: 1.If he or his wife has a legal procee.
HEADING: Article (118)
TEXT: 1. If the judge is either ineligible to hear the legal proceeding or affected by any of the grounds
HEADING: Article (119)
TEXT: 1. If the judge is affected by any of the grounds for disqualification set out in Article [117] of t
HEADING: Article (120)
TEXT: 1. The Motion for Disqualification shall be filed before any defense or plea is presented in the leg
HEADING: Article (121)
TEXT: 1. The Chief Justice shall inform the judge, whose disqualification is sought, of the Motion for Dis
HEADING: Article (122)
TEXT: The filing of a Motion for Disqualification shall bring about a stay of proceedings until a final ru
HEADING: Article (123)
TEXT: The Court of Appeal shall decide on the Motion for Disqualification if the judge whose disqualificat
HEADING: Article (124)
TEXT: 1. If a Motion for Disqualification is filed against all judges of the Court of First Instance and t
HEADING: Article (125)
TEXT: The rules and procedures set forth in Chapter VIII shall apply when a member of the Public Prosecuti
HEADING: Part Nine: Judgments
HEADING: Chapter One: Rendering of Judgment
HEADING: Article (126)
TEXT: Unless there is an agreement for amicable settlement signed by the litigants involved and duly attes
HEADING: Article (127)
TEXT: Once the pleadings of the legal proceeding are completed, the court shall either adjudicate on the s
HEADING: Article (128)
TEXT: 1. Deliberation of judgments shall be conducted confidentially between all the judges involved, and
HEADING: Article (129)
TEXT: 1. Under all circumstances, the judgments shall indicate their underlying grounds, and once rendered
HEADING: Article (130)
TEXT: 1. The judgment shall indicate the court that rendered it, the date and place of its rendering, the
TEXT: 2. The judgment shall include a full account of the facts of the case and the relief sought by the l
TEXT: 3. Errors or defects in relation to the factual grounds for the judgment, names and capacities of th
HEADING: Article (131)
TEXT: 1. The copy of the judgment - based on which the judgment is to be enforced - shall be stamped with
HEADING: Article (132)
TEXT: 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles [127] and [129] of this Code, the Tribunals provided f
HEADING: Chapter Two: Legal Costs
HEADING: Article (133)
TEXT: 1. Upon rendering a judgment or decision on the legal proceeding brought before it, the court shall,
HEADING: Article (134)
TEXT: The court may order that the prevailing party bear the legal costs of the legal proceeding, in whole
HEADING: Article (135)
TEXT: If the Court denies certain claims of both litigants, the judgment may order that either each litiga
HEADING: Article (136)
TEXT: 1. The court may impose legal costs against the expenses arising from a legal proceeding or defense
HEADING: Chapter Three: Correction and Interpretation of Judgments
HEADING: Article (137)
TEXT: 1. The court may, either sua sponte or upon a motion of either litigant, and without pleadings, corr
HEADING: Article (138)
TEXT: 1. The litigants may file a petition with the court that renders a judgment for interpreting any vag
HEADING: Article (139)
TEXT: If the court fails to decide on any substantive claims, it shall, upon motion of any party concerned
HEADING: Part Ten: Writs on Petitions
HEADING: Article (140)
TEXT: 1. In the circumstances where a litigant has a right to have a writ issued in its favor by the Court
HEADING: Article (141)
TEXT: 1. The petitioner whose writ petition is denied, the party against whom the writ is issued, and the
HEADING: Article (142)
TEXT: A grievance against a writ shall not cause a stay of its execution. However, the court or judge may
HEADING: Part Eleven: Writs of Debt
HEADING: Article (143)
TEXT: 1. Notwithstanding the general rules for instituting a legal proceeding before the Court of first in
HEADING: Article (144)
TEXT: 1. The creditor shall first serve upon the debtor a notice for payment within at least five [5] days
HEADING: Article (145)
TEXT: The judge shall decide whether the petition is granted or fully or partially dismissed. If he issues
HEADING: Article (146)
TEXT: 1. The debtor shall be served with the writ of debt issued against it in accordance with the provisi
HEADING: Article (147)
TEXT: 1. The litigants may file a grievance against the writ of debts if the value thereof falls within th
HEADING: Article (148)
TEXT: The rules for expedited enforcement shall apply to the writ of debt in accordance with the provision
HEADING: Article (149)
TEXT: Based on a debt that satisfies the conditions for issuing a writ of debt, if the creditor seeks a wr
HEADING: Article (150)
TEXT: Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in this Chapter, if the legal proceeding brought before the
HEADING: Part Twelve: Methods of Challenging Judgments
HEADING: Chapter One: General Provisions
HEADING: Article (151)
TEXT: 1. Judgments may only be challenged by the losing party, and no party, whose relief sought is, expli
TEXT: 2. The party challenging a judgment shall not be adversely affected by its challenge.
HEADING: Article (152)
TEXT: The rulings rendered in the course of hearing the legal proceeding and which do not provide conclusi
HEADING: Article (153)
TEXT: 1. The time limit for challenging a judgment shall commence on the day immediately following the dat
HEADING: Article (154)
TEXT: 1. The time limit for challenging a judgment shall be interrupted when the losing party passes away
HEADING: Article (155)
TEXT: 1. If the prevailing party passes away within the time limit prescribed for challenging the judgment
HEADING: Article (156)
TEXT: 1. The challenge shall be served as per the situations described in Articles [9] and [10] of this Co
HEADING: Article (157)
TEXT: 1. Only the party filing the challenge may take advantage thereof, and only the party against whom t
HEADING: Article (158)
TEXT: 1. The documents may only be returned back to the parties who have submitted the same either after t
HEADING: Chapter Two: Appeal
HEADING: Article (159)
TEXT: 1. Other than the situations excluded under a provision of the law, the litigants may appeal the rul
HEADING: Article (160)
TEXT: 1. Judgments and rulings rendered by the court of first instance within the jurisdictional amount th
HEADING: Article (161)
TEXT: The time limit for appeal shall be thirty [30] days unless otherwise provided for in the law, and fo
HEADING: Article (162)
TEXT: If the judgment is rendered based on an act of fraud committed by the litigants, a forged document o
HEADING: Article (163)
TEXT: 1. Appealing the judgment rendered on a alternative claim shall inevitably entail appealing the judg
HEADING: Article (164)
TEXT: 1. An appeal shall be filed by a statement of appeal deposited with the Case Management Office of th
HEADING: Article (165)
TEXT: 1. The Case Management Office of the Court with which the appeal is filed shall request that the fil
HEADING: Article (166)
TEXT: 1. The Appellee may, up to the date of the first hearing before the Case Management Office or the Co
HEADING: Article (167)
TEXT: 1. The appeal shall bring the case back to its original state existing before the rendering of the j
HEADING: Article (168)
TEXT: If the Court of First Instance decided on the merits of the case and the Court of Appeal is convince
HEADING: Article (169)
TEXT: Under all circumstances, the Court shall grant the discontinuance of the appellate proceeding if the
HEADING: Article (170)
TEXT: The appeal shall be subject to the rules and procedures that are applicable to the legal proceedings
HEADING: Chapter Three: Motion for Reconsideration
HEADING: Article (171)
TEXT: The litigants may file motions for reconsideration in respect of the final judgments and rulings ren
HEADING: Article (172)
TEXT: The time limit for filing motions for reconsideration shall be thirty [30] days, which shall commenc
HEADING: Article (173)
TEXT: 1. The Motion shall be filed with the Court that rendered the judgment, based on a petition to be de
HEADING: Article (174)
TEXT: 1. After hearing the statements of the litigants, the Court shall first decide on the inadmissibilit
HEADING: Chapter Four: Cassation
HEADING: Article (175)
TEXT: 1. The litigants may challenge by way of cassation judgments and decisions issued by Courts of Appea
HEADING: Article (176)
TEXT: 1. The Attorney General may challenge by way of cassation, on their own initiative or upon the reque
HEADING: Article (177)
TEXT: 1. The filing of a challenge by way of cassation shall cause a stay of execution of the judgment if
HEADING: Article (178)
TEXT: The time limit for filing a challenge by way of cassation shall be thirty [30] days.
HEADING: Article (179)
TEXT: 1. The challenge by way of cassation shall be filed based on a statement to be deposited with the Ca
HEADING: Article (180)
TEXT: The Petitioner may not invoke, before the Court, any ground not included in the statement of challen
HEADING: Article (181)
TEXT: 1. A fixed fee of AED [2,000] two thousand dirhams shall be imposed on every challenge by way of cas
HEADING: Article (182)
TEXT: 1. The Case Management Office of the Court of Cassation shall serve the statement of challenge upon
HEADING: Article (183)
TEXT: 1. The Respondent may implead into the challenge any party involved in the legal proceeding in respe
HEADING: Article (184)
TEXT: Every party, which is involved in the legal proceeding in respect of which the contested judgment is
HEADING: Article (185)
TEXT: 1. The Judge Rapporteur shall draw up a summary report on the challenge grounds and the response the
HEADING: Article (186)
TEXT: If the Court admits the challenge and the subject thereof is worthy of adjudication, or if the chall
HEADING: Article (187)
TEXT: 1. Overturning the judgment shall invalidate all judgments that relied upon the contested judgment r
HEADING: Article (188)
TEXT: Where the Court decides that the challenge be inadmissible, impermissible, or dismissed in whole or
HEADING: Article (189)
TEXT: The court of cassation's judgments shall not be challenged by any of the means of challenge, except
HEADING: Article (190)
TEXT: 1. Without prejudice to Article [185.1], and notwithstanding the provision of Article [189] of this
HEADING: Article (191)
TEXT: 1. The challenge by way of cassation shall be subject to the rules and procedures that are applicabl
HEADING: Title Two: Miscellaneous Procedures and Lawsuits - Part One: Offer and Deposit
HEADING: Article (192)
TEXT: If the Debtor wishes to pay off their debt, they may make a real offer to the Creditor of the money,
HEADING: Article (193)
TEXT: The Debtor may, along with the offer, request the approval of the Creditor to release the Debtor's a
HEADING: Article (194)
TEXT: To be deemed valid, the offer shall meet the following requirements: 1. It shall be addressed to a .
HEADING: Article (195)
TEXT: 1. If the offer is money or other items that can be moved or lodged in the Court's Treasury and the
HEADING: Article (196)
TEXT: Validity of the offer could not be ascertained by a Court decision unless the offered property and a
HEADING: Article (197)
TEXT: The Debtor may retract an offer the Creditor has not accepted and may be refunded all the deposits t
HEADING: Article (198)
TEXT: Retraction of the offer is not permissible nor returning back the offered property after the Credito
HEADING: Article (199)
TEXT: The Creditor may accept an offer they have refused earlier, and may receive the deposits made for th
HEADING: Part Two: Suing Judges and Members of the Public Prosecution
HEADING: Article (200)
TEXT: The Judges of the Courts of First Instance and the Courts of Appeal and the Members of the Public Pr
HEADING: Article (201)
TEXT: 1. The lawsuit shall be filed by means of a report submitted to the Case Management Office of the Co
HEADING: Article (202)
TEXT: The court shall promptly decide whether the aspects of the dispute relate to the case and whether to
HEADING: Article (203)
TEXT: 1. If the case is admitted, the ruling shall schedule a session to consider the subject of the case
HEADING: Article (204)
TEXT: 1. If the case is not admitted in form or it is dismissed in merits, the claimant's security deposit
HEADING: Article (205)
TEXT: The judgment issued on the lawsuit may not be appealed except by way of cassation.
HEADING: Title Three: Execution - Part One: General Provisions
HEADING: Chapter One: Execution Judge
HEADING: Article (206)
TEXT: 1. Execution shall take place under the supervision of the Execution Judge at the seat of each Court
HEADING: Article (207)
TEXT: 1. The Execution Judge shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the execution of Execution Writs and i
HEADING: Article (208)
TEXT: 1. Delegation shall be made by the competent Execution Judge to the Execution Judge for the area whe
HEADING: Article (209)
TEXT: 1. Decisions of the Execution Judge shall be appealable in the following circumstances: a. The rank.
TEXT: c. Allowing the Debtor time to pay or allowing payment by installments of the amount executed for. .
HEADING: Article (210)
TEXT: The President of the Federal Judicial Council and the heads of the local judicial authorities, each
HEADING: Article (211)
TEXT: In the event resistance or aggression occurred against the person conducting the execution, which re
HEADING: Chapter Two: Execution Writs
HEADING: Article (212)
TEXT: 1. Compulsory execution may not be performed save by an Execution Writ giving effect to a right havi
TEXT: 2. Execution Writs are as follows:
TEXT: a. Judgments and orders, including penal provisions, including restitution, compensation, fines, and
TEXT: b. Documents notarized in accordance with the law regulating notarization and certification;
TEXT: c. Memoranda of Composition certified by Courts; d. Other papers on which the law confers such statu
TEXT: 3. No execution may be effected save in the cases excepted by a provision of the law otherwise than
TEXT: 4. In the event that the execution applicant does not submit a request to take action on the file fo
TEXT: 5. Execution Writs may not be enforced if they have been left for a period of (15) fifteen years sin
HEADING: Article (213)
TEXT: The Court may in expedited matters or in cases in which delay would be detrimental make an order, up
HEADING: Chapter Three: Expedited Enforcement
HEADING: Article (214)
TEXT: 1. It shall not be permissible to execute a judgment compulsorily so long as it remains open to brin
HEADING: Article (215)
TEXT: 1. There shall be expedited enforcement by operation of law in the following cases: a. Judgments p..
HEADING: Article (216)
TEXT: The Court may, upon the application of the person concerned, endorse its judgment for expedited enfo
HEADING: Article (217)
TEXT: 1. Expedited enforcement by operation of law or by judgment of the Court shall extend also to matter
HEADING: Article (218)
TEXT: In cases in which it is not permissible to enforce a judgment or order save by a surety, the person
HEADING: Article (219)
TEXT: 1. The person obligated to provide a surety shall declare their election either by the Execution Bai
HEADING: Article (220)
TEXT: 1. A grievance may be brought before the Court of Appeal against the description of the judgment by
HEADING: Article (221)
TEXT: 1. It shall be permissible in all cases for the Court before which the appeal or grievance is brough
HEADING: Chapter Four: Execution of Foreign Judgments, Orders and Instruments
HEADING: Article (222)
TEXT: 1. An order may be made for the enforcement in the State of judgments and orders made in a foreign c
HEADING: Article (223)
TEXT: The provisions of Article [222] of this Code shall apply to the awards of arbitrators made in a fore
HEADING: Article (224)
TEXT: 1. An order may be made for the enforcement in the State of notarized documents and Memoranda of Com
HEADING: Article (225)
TEXT: The rules laid down in the Articles of this Chapter shall apply without prejudice to the provisions
HEADING: Chapter Five: Executing Execution Writs and Decisions Related to Personal Status Matters
HEADING: Article (226)
TEXT: As an exception to the provisions of Article [207] of this Code, personal status provisions and deci
HEADING: Article (227)
TEXT: The Personal Status Execution Judge is solely responsible for executing Execution Writs and decision
HEADING: Article (228)
TEXT: The personal status Execution Judge, when necessary, may seek the assistance of whomever they deem t
HEADING: Article (229)
TEXT: The personal status Execution Judge may offer reconciliation to the execution parties. The personal
HEADING: Article (230)
TEXT: Execution sessions in matters of personal status are not public, and execution decisions are issued
HEADING: Article (231)
TEXT: Execution of Execution Writs and decisions related to personal status matters takes place after (7)
HEADING: Article (232)
TEXT: 1. Judgments issued by the personal status Execution Judge in substantive execution disputes are sub
HEADING: Chapter Six: Execution Procedures
HEADING: Article (233)
TEXT: 1. The execution applicant shall indicate the procedures required to be taken in the Execution Claim
HEADING: Article (234)
TEXT: 1. As an exception to the provisions of Article [233] of this Code, and without prejudice to the rul
HEADING: Article (235)
TEXT: 1. Upon service of the Execution Writ or at any stage during the procedures, if the Debtor tenders t
HEADING: Article (236)
TEXT: The Execution Bailiff shall not break doors or make openings by force in order to carry out the exec
HEADING: Article (237)
TEXT: 1. If the Debtor dies or loses their legal competence or if the person carrying out the procedures l
HEADING: Article (238)
TEXT: A third party may carry out the matters required under an Execution Writ or compel performance there
HEADING: Chapter Seven: Procedural Objections to Execution
HEADING: Article (239)
TEXT: 1. If a procedural objection arises upon execution and the matter required to be done is an interim
HEADING: Article (240)
TEXT: True tender shall not result in a stay of execution if the tender is subject to dispute, and the Exe
HEADING: Article (241)
TEXT: Upon registering a temporary execution dispute, the complainant shall deposit a security of (5,000)
HEADING: Part Two: Attachments
HEADING: Chapter One: General Provisions
HEADING: Article (242)
TEXT: Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law, the following items may not be attached: 1. P.
HEADING: Article (243)
TEXT: If the attachment is not completed in one day, it shall be permissible to complete it on the next co
HEADING: Article (244)
TEXT: It shall be permissible at any stage of the proceedings prior to the award of an auction to deposit
HEADING: Article (245)
TEXT: The Judgment Debtor may apply to the Execution Judge at any stage of the proceedings to assess the a
HEADING: Article (246)
TEXT: An attachment shall be imposed within the limits of the debt claimed, and if the value of the right
HEADING: Chapter Two: Prejudgment Attachment
HEADING: Article (247)
TEXT: Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law, the Creditor may apply to the Court hearing th
HEADING: Article (248)
TEXT: The owner of movable property and a person having a right in rem against it or a right to retain it
HEADING: Article (249)
TEXT: 1. If the Creditor does not have an Execution Writ or if their debt is not of a determined amount, t
HEADING: Article (250)
TEXT: 1. The rules and procedures laid down in Articles [264] to [282] of this Code shall apply in the Pre
HEADING: Article (251)
TEXT: 1. If a lessor of real property effects an attachment over the movable property of sub-tenants in ac
HEADING: Chapter Three: Garnishment
HEADING: Article (252)
TEXT: 1. Any Creditor may apply to the competent Court or to the Judge for expedited matters for a garnish
HEADING: Article (253)
TEXT: A garnishment shall be made, without the requirement for a prior notice to be served on the Debtor,
HEADING: Article (254)
TEXT: If the order does not contain the particulars specified in Clauses (1) and (2) of Article [253] of t
HEADING: Article (255)
TEXT: 1. Payment by the Garnishee shall be made by depositing the assets held by them with the Court's Tre
HEADING: Article (256)
TEXT: 1. If no deposit is made in accordance with Article [255] or Articles [244] and [245] of this Code,
HEADING: Article (257)
TEXT: If the Garnishee dies or loses their legal competence or if they or the person representing them cea
HEADING: Article (258)
TEXT: The dispute regarding the report of the Garnishee shall be raised before the Court that hears the ga
HEADING: Article (259)
TEXT: 1. If the Garnishee does not report on assets held by them in the manner laid down by law or if they
HEADING: Article (260)
TEXT: If the right of the Garnishor is established by an Execution Writ, soon after the report on assets h
HEADING: Article (261)
TEXT: If satisfaction is not made in accordance with Article [260], and if no deposit is made in accordanc
HEADING: Article (262)
TEXT: If the garnishment is levied on movable property sold under the procedures laid down for the sale of
HEADING: Article (263)
TEXT: A Creditor may impose a garnishment under their own hand over assets held by them in favour of their
HEADING: Chapter Four: Attachment of movable property in the hands of a Debtor
HEADING: Article (264)
TEXT: 1. Subject to the provisions of Article [236] of this Code, the attachment shall be made by an elect
HEADING: Article (265)
TEXT: 1. If the attachment is levied over gold and silver jewelry or gold or gold ingots or another precio
HEADING: Article (266)
TEXT: 1. The Execution Bailiff shall appoint a custodian over the items attached. They shall appoint the c
HEADING: Article (267)
TEXT: 1. If the custodian is present at the time of the attachment, the items attached shall be handed ove
HEADING: Article (268)
TEXT: A custodian who is not the Debtor or the custodian in possession shall be entitled to receive a fee
HEADING: Article (269)
TEXT: 1. The custodian may not use the items attached or exploit them or lend them or render them perishab
HEADING: Article (270)
TEXT: 1. A custodian may not apply to be relieved of the custodianship before the day scheduled for the sa
HEADING: Article (271)
TEXT: 1. If an Execution Bailiff goes to impose an attachment over movables that have already been attache
HEADING: Article (272)
TEXT: 1. After completing the attachment, the Debtor may submit to the Execution Judge a request to sell t
HEADING: Article (273)
TEXT: 1. The sale shall be conducted at the place at which the items attached are or at such place as the
HEADING: Article (274)
TEXT: If the sale does not take place on the day specified in the minutes of attachment, another day shall
HEADING: Article (275)
TEXT: 1. The sale shall be conducted by public auction under the supervision of the Execution Judge with t
HEADING: Article (276)
TEXT: If nobody attends to purchase jewelry or gold or silver ingots or ornaments or precious stones or it
HEADING: Article (277)
TEXT: If the person to whom the sale on auction has been awarded does not forthwith pay the price, the Jud
HEADING: Article (278)
TEXT: The Execution Bailiff shall cease to proceed with the sale if an amount results therefrom sufficient
HEADING: Article (279)
TEXT: An action for the recovery of the items attached shall be brought before the competent Court, and th
HEADING: Article (280)
TEXT: 1. The Judgment Creditor may proceed with the execution if the Court passes judgment striking out th
HEADING: Article (281)
TEXT: 1. The Judgment Creditor may proceed with the execution if the Court passes judgment striking out th
HEADING: Article (282)
TEXT: 1. If a second action for recovery is brought by the same recoveror and their first action is deemed
HEADING: Chapter Five: Attachment of shares, papers, receipts and equity interest
HEADING: Article (283)
TEXT: 1. Bearer shares and papers or endorsable shares and papers may be attached by the same modalities l
HEADING: Article (284)
TEXT: Shares and papers and other property as provided for in Article [283] of this Code shall be sold by
HEADING: Chapter Six: Attachment Of Real Property And Sale Thereof
HEADING: Article (285)
TEXT: 1. An Judgment Creditor shall make an application for the attachment of real property to the Executi
HEADING: Article (286)
TEXT: 1. If the Execution Judge decides that the application for attachment over real property satisfies t
HEADING: Article (287)
TEXT: 1. The Execution Bailiff shall, within (7) seven days from the attachment, serve on each of the Debt
HEADING: Article (288)
TEXT: 1. After completing the attachment, the Debtor may submit to the Execution Judge a request to sell t
HEADING: Article (289)
TEXT: 1. The announcement of the sale shall contain the following particulars: a. The name of the Judgme..
HEADING: Article (290)
TEXT: If the real property offered for sale is capable of sub-division, and part of that real property, as
HEADING: Article (291)
TEXT: It shall not be permissible to sell real property otherwise than to a national of the State, with th
HEADING: Article (292)
TEXT: 1. No disposition made by the Debtor or person in possession of the property or surety in rem over t
HEADING: Article (293)
TEXT: 1. If the real property is encumbered by a security in rem and vests in the person in possession of
HEADING: Article (294)
TEXT: 1. Persons concerned shall submit any arguments relating to voidness of the advertisement provided f
HEADING: Article (295)
TEXT: The Creditor shall, before the commencement of the auction procedures, deposit such sum as the Execu
HEADING: Article (296)
TEXT: 1. The Execution Judge shall, on the day specified for the sale, supervise the conduct of the auctio
HEADING: Article (297)
TEXT: 1. The person whose bid is approved by the Execution Judge shall, within the ten days following the
HEADING: Article (298)
TEXT: 1. If the auction is delayed for legal reasons the auction shall be repeated within a period of (15)
HEADING: Article (299)
TEXT: 1. The judgment awarding the auction shall be issued in the format of judgments, and shall contain a
HEADING: Article (300)
TEXT: 1. There shall be no appeal against the judgment awarding the auction, save for a defect in the auct
HEADING: Article (301)
TEXT: 1. Upon the request of a person concerned, the Execution Judge shall request the relevant real prope
HEADING: Article (302)
TEXT: 1. A third party may apply for an order that the execution proceedings be declared void together wit
HEADING: Article (303)
TEXT: 1. If the action of entitlement covers only part of the real property attached, the sale shall not b
HEADING: Article (304)
TEXT: If the thing sold becomes due, the winner of the auction may claim the price and the compensations f
HEADING: Article (305)
TEXT: Neither the Debtor, nor Judges, nor Members of the Public Prosecution or Execution Bailiffs or Court
HEADING: Chapter Seven: Certain Special Sales
HEADING: Article (306)
TEXT: 1. The sale of the bankrupt's real property is carried out in accordance with the Federal Law of Ban
HEADING: Article (307)
TEXT: 1. If the Court orders the sale of real property held in joint ownership on the grounds that it is i
HEADING: Article (308)
TEXT: The rules relating to the procedures for the sale of real property upon the application of Creditors
HEADING: Article (309)
TEXT: Taking into account the provisions contained in this chapter, the Execution Judge may delegate any n
HEADING: Part Three: Distribution of the Proceeds of Execution
HEADING: Article (310)
TEXT: 1. If the attachment is levied over money in the hands of the Debtor, or if the property attached is
HEADING: Article (311)
TEXT: 1. If the proceeds of execution are sufficient to satisfy all of the rights of the Judgment Creditor
HEADING: Article (312)
TEXT: 1. If the proceeds of the execution are insufficient to satisfy all of the rights of the Judgment Cr
HEADING: Article (313)
TEXT: The distribution procedures shall commence by the Execution Judge preparing a distribution list that
HEADING: Article (314)
TEXT: 1. The Execution Judge shall deposit with the Case Management Office the final distribution list sta
HEADING: Part Four: Execution in Rem
HEADING: Article (315)
TEXT: 1. In the case of execution by delivery of a movable or of real property, the Execution Bailiff shal
HEADING: Article (316)
TEXT: 1. The Execution Bailiff shall notify the person who is required to vacate the real property of the
HEADING: Article (317)
TEXT: 1. A person applying for forcible execution of an obligation to perform or to refrain from an act sh
HEADING: Article (318)
TEXT: 1. If the execution in rem is not possible in the manner specified in Article [317] of this Code, or
HEADING: Part Five: Detention of the Debtor and Banning him from Travelling and other Precautionary Procedure
HEADING: Chapter One: Detention of Debtors
HEADING: Article (319)
TEXT: 1. The Execution Judge may make an order on an application submitted by the judgment Creditor for th
HEADING: Article (320)
TEXT: 1. Before issuing the order for detention, the Execution Judge may carry out a brief investigation i
HEADING: Article (321)
TEXT: 1. An order for the detention of the Debtor may not be made in the following cases: a. If their ag..
HEADING: Article (322)
TEXT: If the Debtor is a private body corporate, the order for detention shall be made against those who r
HEADING: Article (323)
TEXT: The Execution Judge shall order that the detention order made against the Debtor shall lapse in the
HEADING: Chapter Two: Prevention of the Debtor From Travelling Abroad
HEADING: Article (324)
TEXT: 1. Even before filing a substantive lawsuit, if there are serious reasons that fear the Debtor's fli
HEADING: Article (325)
TEXT: The travel ban order shall remain in force until the expiration, for whatever reason, of the obligat
HEADING: Article (326)
TEXT: The provisions of Articles [324] and [325] of this Code do not apply to foreigners against whom deci
HEADING: Chapter Three: Other Precautionary Procedures
HEADING: Article (327)
TEXT: If the Debtor who is banned from leaving the State refuses to hand over their passport without justi
HEADING: Part Six: Using Remote Communication Technology in Civil Procedures
HEADING: Article (328)
TEXT: The 'Use of Remote Communication Technology' in civil procedures means the use of audiovisual means
HEADING: Article (329)
TEXT: The terms 'Electronic Document', 'Electronic Information', 'Electronic Information System', 'Electro
HEADING: Article (330)
TEXT: The provisions for collection of fees, registration, process service, submission of documents, atten
HEADING: Article (331)
TEXT: The President of the Court, the president of the Circuit, the competent Judge, or whoever is delegat
HEADING: Article (332)
TEXT: Remote proceedings may be taken outside the jurisdiction of the Courts of any Emirate hearing remote
HEADING: Article (333)
TEXT: In trials conducted remotely, it is permissible, in each round of the trial, for any of the parties
HEADING: Article (334)
TEXT: 1. Remote litigation records shall be recorded and kept electronically before they are transcribed,
HEADING: Article (335)
TEXT: The remote communication technology stipulated in this Code is subject to the information security p
HEADING: Article (336)
TEXT: 1. The competent body may transcribe remote litigation procedures in minutes or paper or electronic
HEADING: Article (337)
TEXT: Remote communication technology may be used to request or implement rogatory and judicial assistance
HEADING: Article (338)
TEXT: The Electronic Signature and the Electronic Documents shall have the authenticity prescribed for the

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