Executive Council Resolution No. (15) of 2009

Amending Local Order No. (11) of 2003 Concerning

Public Health and Community Safety in the Emirate of Dubai^{^[1]}

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We, Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council,

After perusal of:

Law No. (6) of 1997 Concerning Contracts of Government Departments in the Emirate of Dubai and its amendments;

Law No. (3) of 2003 Establishing the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai;

Law No. (18) of 2006 Concerning Management and Realisation of the Public Funds of the Government of Dubai;

The Order of 1961 Establishing the Dubai Municipality; and

Local Order No. (11) of 2003 Concerning Public Health and Community Safety in the Emirate of Dubai (the “Original Order”),

Do hereby issue this Resolution.

Article (1)

Articles (70) and (71) of the Original Order are hereby superseded by the following:

Article (70)

Lost animals will be caught and held in sheds prepared by the Competent Department for this purpose, and will be subject to the following:

1. Lost animals wearing a registration tag will be held for three (3) days from the date of being caught, whereas unregistered animals will be held for seven (7) days from the date of being caught.

2. Where the owner of a caught animal fails to claim it within the time frame stipulated in paragraph (1) of this Article, the animal will be deemed a Stray Animal and will be sold by the DM for its own interest.

3. Stray Animals; pregnant and lactating ewes and their newborn lambs; camels; and cows at public auction; and the Competent Department may sell domestic animals and companion animals, such as dogs and cats by direct agreement.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, Stray Animals, namely rams, non-pregnant and non-lactating ewes, and newborn lambs will be sent immediately after being caught to the Dubai Abattoir to be slaughtered and their meat be sold as per market prices. Where the meat of such animals is not sold within three (3) days from the date of being slaughtered, it will be gifted to charitable associations in the Emirate.

Article (71)

The owner of any animal caught pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article will be punished by a fine of five hundred Dirhams (AED 500.00), however, where the caught animal is a camel, the fine will be two thousand Dirhams (AED 2,000.00).

Article (2)

Items (23) and (24) of Schedule (5) concerning Public Health Services Fees attached to the Original Order are hereby superseded by the following:

Item (23)

Issuing a permit for burial or cremation of the body of a non-Muslim.

- Where the deceased is a stillborn or a child who is less than five (5) years of age at the time of death	AED 500.00
- Where the deceased is more than five (5) years of age at the time of death	AED 1,000.00

Item (24)

Transporting the body of a deceased person from or to the Dubai International Airport or to any other location within the UAE

AED 200.00

Article (3)

This Resolution will be published in the Official Gazette and will come into force on the day on which it is published.

Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Crown Prince of Dubai

Chairman of the Executive Council

Issued in Dubai on 5 July 2009

Corresponding to 12 Rajab 1430 A.H.

[1]Every effort has been made to produce an accurate and complete English version of this legislation. However, for the purpose of its interpretation and application, reference must be made to the original Arabic text. In case of conflict, the Arabic text will prevail.