UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued several decrees within a law, to amend some provisions of federal laws.
The official Emirates News Agency indicated that this came within the framework of the state’s plan to develop its legislative structure and strengthen its leadership position.
This law provides for amending some provisions of the Federal Personal Status Law, the Federal Civil Transactions Law, the Federal Penal Code and the Federal Criminal Procedure Law, with the aim of confirming the UAE’s commitment to consolidating the principles of tolerance consistent with its identity, and working to enhance its ability to attract foreign expertise and investments.
These new amendments to the laws allow non-citizens to choose the laws that apply to their actions in matters of inheritance and inheritance in the Personal Status Law.
It also provided for the lifting of the criminalization of acts that do not harm others in the penal code, in addition to the fact that the Federal Public Prosecutor, in agreement with the general representatives in the local judicial authorities, has the right to determine the misdemeanors and violations to which the provisions of the penal order apply.
It was also decided to abolish the article that gives a mitigating excuse in the so-called “honor crimes”, whereby murder crimes are treated in accordance with the provisions in force in the penal code.
Source : Al Khaleej Today
