Executive Council
Resolution No. (40) of 2011
Concerning
Payment by Instalments
of Traffic Fines 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:
Federal Law No.
(3) of 1987 Issuing the Penal Code and its amendments;
Federal Law No.
(35) of 1992 Issuing the Criminal Procedures Law and its amendments;
Federal Law No.
(21) of 1995 Concerning Road Traffic and its Implementing Bylaw and their amendments;
The Dubai Police
Law of 1966;
Law No. (3) of
2003 Establishing the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai; and
Law No. (35) of
2009 Concerning Management of the Public Funds of the Government of Dubai,
Do hereby issue this
Resolution.
Fines for traffic
violations committed in the Emirate of Dubai may be paid by instalments in
accordance with the conditions and the periods stipulated in this Resolution.
a.
To be eligible to pay fines for traffic violations committed in the
Emirate of Dubai by instalments, the following
conditions must be met:
1.
the amount of fines claimed must not be less than three thousand Dirhams
(AED 3000) for individuals, and
twenty thousand Dirhams (AED 20,000) for corporations and companies;
2.
an applicant for payment by instalments must make an initial payment of thirty
percent (30%) of the total amount of fines claimed from individuals, and fifty
percent (50%) of the total amount of fines claimed from companies and corporations;
3.
the instalment period may not exceed one (1) year;
4.
instalments must be paid by bank cheques; and
5.
the fines required to be paid by instalments must not have already been
reduced pursuant to the regulations concerning reduction of traffic fines applicable
in the Emirate of Dubai.
b.
In addition to the requirements stipulated in paragraph (a) of this
Article, Dubai Police General Headquarters
may set any other requirements for the payment by instalments of traffic fines.
A fee of fifty Dirhams (AED 50) for each cheque issued
to Dubai Police General Headquarters will be collected from an applicant for
payment by instalments of traffic fines.
The fees collected pursuant to this Resolution will
be paid to the Public Treasury of the Government of Dubai.
Nothing in this Resolution will prejudice the
right to take legal and judicial action where a cheque issued for payment by
installments of traffic fines is returned unpaid by the drawee bank.
The General Commander of Dubai Police will issue the
bylaws and instructions required for the implementation of the provisions of
this Resolution.
This Resolution comes into force on the day on
which it is issued, and will be published in the Official Gazette.
Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum
Crown Prince of Dubai
Chairman of the Executive Council
Issued in Dubai on
11 December 2011
Corresponding to 15 Muharram 1433 A.H.
© 2014 The Supreme Legislation Committee in the
Emirate of Dubai
[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.