Mohammed bin Rashid issued a decree appointing the Secretary General of the Judicial Council of the emirate

Amending provisions in the Judicial Authority Law in Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister, in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, issued an amendment to some provisions of the Judicial Authority Law in the Emirate of Dubai.

The new law included amending the text of the article on the General Secretariat of the Judicial Council in Dubai.

According to the new text, the Judicial Council shall have a general secretariat responsible for providing administrative support services to enable the Council to perform the functions entrusted to it, and to provide the information, data and studies it requests, provided that the Secretary General of the Judicial Council is appointed by a decree issued by His Highness the Ruler of Dubai, and undertakes the tasks and powers assigned to him in this Law and decisions issued pursuant to it.

The law also stipulated that the Secretary-General of the Judicial Council of the Emirate of Dubai be the reporter of the Council, without having a counted vote in its deliberations, and that he supervise the staff of the General Secretariat, and the President of the Judicial Council determines the functions of the General Secretariat of the Council, and issues decisions related to organizing work in the General Secretariat in Administrative, financial and technical aspects.

The General Secretariat of the Judicial Council of the Emirate of Dubai shall have an executive body consisting of a number of administrative and technical personnel, appointed by the Secretary General of the Council, and the Dubai Government's Human Resources Management Law shall apply to them, with the exception of members of the judicial authority.

His Highness also issued a decree regarding the secondment of Dr. Saif Ghanem Al Suwaidi from the Dubai Police, and his appointment as Secretary General of the Judicial Council of the Emirate of Dubai, while granting him the rank of Executive Director in accordance with the provisions of the legislation on human resources management for executives in the Dubai government.

According to the new decree, the decree of 2014 regarding the Secretary General of the Judicial Council is repealed.

Any text in any other legislation is also repealed to the extent that it contradicts the provisions of this decree.

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