We, Khalifah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates State.

Pursuant to the perusal of the Constitution; and:

Federal Law No. 1/1972 on the Jurisdiction of the Ministries and the Powers of the Ministers and its amending laws;

Federal Law No. 10/1973 on the Federal Supreme Court and its amending laws;

Federal Law No. 6/1978 on the establishment of Federal Courts and the transfer of the jurisdictions of the local courts in some of the Emirates to these Federal Courts and its amending laws;

Federal Law No. 17/1978 on Organization of the cases and procedures of appeal in Cassation before the Federal Supreme Court and its amending laws;

Federal Law No. 3/1983 on the Federal Judicial Authority and its amending Laws;

The Penal Law issued by Federal Law No. 3/1987;

The Civil Transactions Law issued by Federal Law No. 5/1985 and its amending laws;