UAE Civil Procedure Code

Article 140 — Article (140)

Part Ten: Writs on Petitions

1. In the circumstances where a litigant has a right to have a writ issued in its favor by the Court, such a litigant shall file a writ petition with the competent judge or to the Presiding Judge of the Tribunal that is hearing the case after the case has been registered. Such a petition shall be filed in two copies, unless it is registered electronically, and shall include the facts and grounds of the petition, the petitioner's domicile and place of work and an elected domicile in the State, if the petitioner has no domicile or place of work therein, and shall be accompanied by the supporting documents. 2. The judge or Presiding Judge of the Tribunal, as the case may be, shall issue a written writ on either copy of the petition or electronically not later than the day following its filing date, and the grounds upon which the writ is based shall not be necessarily mention unless the writ goes against a previously-issued writ. In the latter case, the grounds upon which the new writ is based shall be mentioned; otherwise, the new writ shall be invalid. The writ shall be recorded either in a special record or in the transcript of the hearing. 3. The writ shall be executed under a letter addressed by the judge or the presiding judge of the Tribunal, as the case may be, to the entity concerned. The petition shall be kept in the file with no need for service to be conducted or a writ of execution to be issued. If the writ cannot be executed for a reason attributable to a natural or private legal person, the judge or presiding judge of the Tribunal, as the case may be, may impose on the same a fine of not less than [AED 1,000] one thousand dirhams and not exceeding [AED 10,000] ten thousand dirhams for each day of execution delay. The fine shall be imposed by a reasoned decision that cannot be challenged by any means of challenge. The judge or presiding judge of the Tribunal, as the case may be, may relieve the fined person of all or any part of the fine if the latter furnishes an acceptable excuse after the writ is completely executed. 4. The fine penalty referred to in Clause [3] of this Article may be enforced by its issuer after the fined person is notified. 5. The writ issued on a petition shall be time-barred if not submitted for execution within [15] fifteen days following the date of its issuance. This prescriptive period shall not preclude the issuance of a new writ.

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