About MOJ Details - About MOJ
The declaration to implement the provisions of the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates was issued on 12/2/1971, and since that date the first qualitative shift in judicial work began, as the Constitution included a special chapter for the judiciary in the Union and the Emirates in its fifth chapter, starting from Article (94) until Article (109). He specified the federal courts, the formation of the Federal Supreme Court, its powers, its jurisdiction, and its place of meeting. He also specified the jurisdiction of the federal courts of first instance and referred to the laws that will be issued later many matters related to the judicial process.
The Constitution, in its Article (104), left to the local judicial bodies in each emirate all judicial matters entrusted to the federal judiciary in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, and added in Article (105) a statement of the approach that must be followed to transfer all or some of the powers assumed by the local judicial bodies to the federal courts of first instance. .
The Constitution also regulated the appointment of the Public Prosecutor and referred to the Judicial Authority Law the appointment of members of the Public Prosecution and the provisions related to them.The Constitution specifies the general features of judicial work, starting with the highest judicial authority, which is the Federal Supreme Court, and concluding with the authority of the Attorney General.Federal Law No. (1) of 1972 was issued regarding the Ministry’s jurisdiction, the Ministry’s powers, and the laws amending it, which are as follows:
1.Organizing and supervising the affairs of the federal courts from the administrative and financial standpoints.
2.Preparing draft laws related to the federal judiciary, the federal public prosecution, and comprehensive amnesty for sentences issued by the federal courts.
3.Carrying out studies, fatwas, and all other legal affairs required by the work needs of the various federal ministries, including drafting draft laws, regulations, and regulations approved by the aforementioned ministries.
4.Preparing major draft legislation related to real estate ownership laws, expropriation for public benefit, penal laws, civil and commercial transactions, companies, procedures before civil and criminal courts, laws protecting literary, artistic, and industrial property, authors’ rights, and extradition laws.
After that, legislation was issued that built the structure of the Ministry of Justice in light of the jurisdiction assigned to it.