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

After perusal of the Constitution;

Federal Law No. 1/1972 on Competencies of the Ministries and Powers of the Ministers and its amendments;

Federal Law No. 5/1975 on the Commercial Register;

Federal Law No. 18/1981 on the regulation of the Regulation of Commercial Agencies, and its amendments;

Federal Law No. 5/1985 on the issuance of the UAE Civil Transactions Law, and its amendments;

Federal Law No. 3/1987 on the issuance of the Penal Code, and its amendments;

Federal Law No. 35/1992 on the issuance of the promulgating the Penal Procedure Law and its amendments;

Federal Law No. 18/1993 on the issuance of the Commercial Transactions Law;

Federal Law No. 28/2001 on the establishment of the Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority, and its amendments;

Federal Law No. 17/2004 on Anti-Commercial Concealment;

Federal Law No. 17/2006 on the establishment of the Supreme National Security Council, and its amendments;