Resolution
No. (3) of 2026
Issuing
the Implementing Bylaw of Law No. (19) of 2024
Regulating
Law
Enforcement Capacity in the Emirate of Dubai[1]
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We,
Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai,
Chairman
of the Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai,
After perusal of:
Law No. (32) of 2015 Concerning the Official Gazette of the
Government of Dubai;
Law No. (14) of 2024 Concerning the Supreme Legislation
Committee in the Emirate of Dubai;
Law No. (19) of 2024 Regulating Law Enforcement Capacity in
the Emirate of Dubai;
Resolution No. (1) of 2020 Issuing the Implementing Bylaw of
Law No. (8) of 2016 Regulating the Grant of Law Enforcement Capacity in the
Government of Dubai; and
Resolution No. (3) of 2024 Approving the Terms of Reference
of the Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai,
Do
hereby issue this Resolution.
The
words and expressions mentioned in this Resolution have the same meaning
assigned to them in the above-mentioned Law No. (19) of 2024. The following
words and expressions, wherever mentioned in this Resolution, have the meaning
indicated opposite each of them unless the context implies otherwise:
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Law: |
Law No. (19) of 2024 Regulating Law Enforcement
Capacity in the Emirate of Dubai. |
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General Secretariat: |
The General Secretariat of the SLC. |
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Company: |
A sole proprietorship or body corporate licensed by
the competent commercial licensing authority in the Emirate and contracted by
a Government Entity to manage any of its public facilities, or to which a
Government Entity has outsourced any of the functions vested in it under the
legislation in force in the Emirate. |
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Person: |
A male or female Law Enforcement Officer from among
the Employees of Government Entities, the Employees of any Company contracted
by a Government Entity, or members of the community. |
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Official Gazette: |
The Official Gazette of the Government of Dubai,
regulated pursuant to the above-mentioned Law No. (32) of 2015. |
For
the purpose of implementing the Law, the General Secretariat will have the
duties and powers to:
1.
consider and review applications
submitted by Government Entities for the grant or revocation of law enforcement
capacity in respect of Persons, in accordance with the relevant requirements,
rules, and procedures adopted by the General Secretariat;
2.
publish in the Official Gazette the
administrative resolutions issued by Directors General granting or revoking law
enforcement capacity;
3.
prepare, periodically update, and
provide Government Entities with templates for administrative resolutions
granting or revoking law enforcement capacity for use in preparing
administrative resolutions; and
4.
exercise any other duties or powers
required for the achievement of the objectives of the Law and for regulating
matters relating to law enforcement capacity in the Emirate, as assigned by the
Chairman.
When
submitting an application to the General Secretariat for the grant or
revocation of law enforcement capacity in respect of a Person, a Government
Entity must provide the following documents:
a.
Applications for the Grant of Law
Enforcement Capacity:
1.
a draft administrative resolution
conforming to the template approved by the General Secretariat, specifying the
full name (first name, middle name(s), and surname) of the Person to whom law
enforcement capacity is to be granted, as appearing on the Emirates Identity Card, and whose
particulars must have been verified by the relevant organisational unit within
the Government Entity;
2.
proof that the Person has
successfully completed the training course for Law Enforcement Officers;
3.
a list of the Legislation under
which the Person to whom law enforcement capacity is to be granted will record
violations;
4.
a copy of the commercial licence of
the Company whose employees are to be granted law enforcement capacity; and
5.
a copy of the contract concluded
with the Company;
b.
Applications for the Revocation of
Law Enforcement Capacity:
1.
a draft administrative resolution
conforming to the template approved by the General Secretariat, specifying the
full name (first name, middle name(s), and surname) of the Person whose law
enforcement capacity is to be revoked, as appearing in the administrative
resolution by which that capacity was granted to him; and
2.
a copy of the administrative
resolution under which the Person was granted law enforcement capacity, and
c.
any other documents and information
required by the General Secretariat to consider the applications submitted to
it in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Article.
Law
enforcement capacity will be granted to, or revoked from, a Person, pursuant to
an administrative resolution issued by the Director General for that purpose,
subject to prior coordination with the General Secretariat. The administrative
resolution must:
1.
comply with the requirements set out
in Article (3) of this Resolution;
2.
be issued on the Government Entity's
official letterhead, bearing the number of the administrative resolution and
the date on which it is issued; and
3.
expressly provide, in its operative
provisions, for its publication in the Official Gazette.
1.
possess communication and public
interaction skills;
2.
not have been subject to any
disciplinary penalty for a gross breach of duty, unless such penalty has been
expunged in accordance with the Legislation in force in the Emirate;
3.
obtain, if employed in the public or
private sector, the approval of his employer to perform law enforcement duties
in accordance with the provisions of the Law and this Resolution; and
4.
not engage in, or hold any interest
in, any activity or business regulated by the Legislation that he is entrusted
to enforce for the purpose of ensuring its proper implementation and recording
the acts committed in breach thereof.
In
granting law enforcement capacity, the following rules must be observed:
1.
The Director General must be duly
authorised, under legislative provisions, to grant law enforcement capacity for
recording the acts committed in breach of the provisions of the Legislation in
force in the Emirate.
2.
Relevant Legislation in force in the
Emirate must prescribe the prohibited acts that must not be committed by those
to whom that Legislation applies, as well as the penalties imposed on
violators.
3.
All Persons to be granted law
enforcement capacity must meet the requirements stipulated in the Law, this
Resolution, and the resolutions issued in pursuance thereof.
a.
In granting law enforcement
capacity, the following procedures must be followed:
1.
The Government Entity that wishes to
grant law enforcement capacity to a Person must submit an application on the
relevant form prescribed by the General Secretariat, accompanied by all the
documents determined in paragraph (a) of Article (3) of this Resolution.
2.
The General Secretariat will
consider the form and content of the application and the attached documents and
information; and verify that the application meets all the requirements and
rules stipulated in the Law, this Resolution, and the resolutions issued in
pursuance thereof.
3.
Where the application meets all the
prescribed requirements and rules, the General Secretariat will review, as to
form and content, the draft administrative resolution pursuant to which law
enforcement capacity will be granted to the Person, prepare the final version
of the same, and send it to the requesting Government Entity for final
approval.
4.
Upon final approval of the
administrative resolution containing the information specified in Article (4)
of this Resolution, the Government Entity will provide the General Secretariat
with the signed version of that resolution, as well as an electronic copy of
the same.
5.
Upon receiving the approved
administrative resolution, the General Secretariat will complete the process
for its publication in the Official Gazette.
b.
The Government Entity must notify
the General Secretariat of any change to the status of the Person, during the
period in which the application submitted by it is being reviewed. This
includes name change, death, resignation or change in designation of the Person
or any other matter that may affect his eligibility to be granted law
enforcement capacity under the Law, this Resolution, and the resolutions issued
in pursuance thereof.
a.
A Government Entity must enrol any
Person to be granted law enforcement capacity in a specialised training course
on law enforcement offered by a training centre or institute specialised in
designing and implementing training courses and programmes in the legal or
judicial fields. These training centres or institutes must be regulated under
Legislation or licensed by the concerned Government Entities in the Emirate to
conduct the training activity.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Article, a Government Entity may, through its own resources or in coordination with any other Government Entity, organise and deliver a specialised training programme on law enforcement for the Persons to be granted law enforcement capacity.
c.
The training programme implemented
for the purposes of granting law enforcement capacity must cover all matters
related to law enforcement. In particular, the training programme must:
1.
define the concept of law
enforcement;
2.
cover the duties and powers of Law
Enforcement Officers;
3.
indicate the scope of temporal,
territorial, and subject-matter jurisdiction of Law Enforcement Officers;
4.
differentiate between law
enforcement and administrative enforcement;
5.
point out the violations that Law
Enforcement Officers are assigned to record and the Legislation they are
assigned to enforce;
6.
cover the methods for preparing and
documenting violation reports, whether by conventional means or by using modern
technologies;
7.
demonstrate the use of modern
technologies in detecting violations, including data generation and storage,
and ensuring the protection and security of data extracted using those
technologies;
8.
cover methods for conducting violation-related
monitoring, inspection, and recording;
9.
demonstrate how to interact with the
public and with violators; and
10. include
any other aspects that the Government Entity deems important to be addressed by
the training programme implemented for the purposes of granting law enforcement
capacity.
d.
Persons previously granted law
enforcement capacity are exempt from the training course requirement, unless
the Government Entity decides otherwise.
In addition to the obligations
prescribed by the Law, a Law Enforcement Officer must:
1.
disclose to the Government Entity
any situation constituting a conflict of interest in relation to the
performance of his duties as a Law Enforcement Officer for the Government
Entity that has granted him the law enforcement capacity; and
2.
prepare a periodic report on the
violations recorded by him and submit the same to the concerned organisational
unit designated by the Director General.
1.
create an official record of the
violations he detects and the procedures he takes in respect thereof, by means
of photography, or video or audio recordings, within the scope of the detected
violations and in accordance with the legislation in force in the Emirate; and
2.
preserve any items that are the
subject of the detected violation, or that were used in its commission, or that
contributed to its occurrence, until they are handed over to the competent entity,
without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.
a.
In addition to the essential
information a violation report must include under the Law, the violation report
must also:
1.
indicate the date, time, and place
of the violation; and
2.
provide a detailed description of
the seized items, specifying their type, quantity, and value; and identify the
individual or entity in whose possession the items were found, based on the Law
Enforcement Officer’s knowledge or, where appropriate, with the assistance of
experts.
b.
A violation report will have legal
effect from the date on which it is prepared by the Law Enforcement Officer.
The
law enforcement capacity of a Law Enforcement Officer will be revoked in any of
the following cases:
2.
where the Legislation under which
the law enforcement capacity has been granted is repealed or where the
enforcement of the Legislation is assigned to another entity;
3.
where the service of the Person
granted law enforcement capacity is terminated; where he is transferred or
seconded to another entity that does not require him to retain such capacity;
or where his employment duties permanently cease to be related to recording the
violations of the Legislation under which the law enforcement capacity has been
granted;
4.
where the contract of the Company
contracted to manage the public facilities of the Government Entity expires or
is terminated;
5.
where it is established that the
Person has abused his law enforcement capacity;
6.
where the Person obtains a
performance evaluation rating below the threshold prescribed for him by the
Government Entity;
7.
any other case deemed appropriate by
the Government Entity or required by the exigencies of public interest; or
8.
any other case determined by the
General Secretariat pursuant to the relevant resolutions issued by the
Secretary General.
a.
In revoking law enforcement
capacity, the following procedures will apply:
1.
The Government Entity that wishes to
revoke the law enforcement capacity of a Person must submit an application on
the relevant form prescribed by the General Secretariat, accompanied by all the
documents stipulated in paragraph (b) of Article (3) of this Resolution.
2.
The General Secretariat will
consider the form and content of the draft administrative resolution revoking
the law enforcement capacity prepared by the applicant Government Entity,
prepare the final version of the same, and send it to the Government Entity for
final approval.
3.
Upon final approval of the
administrative resolution, containing the information specified in Article (4)
of this Resolution, the Government Entity will provide the General Secretariat
with the signed version of that resolution, as well as an electronic copy of
the same.
4.
Upon receiving the approved
administrative resolution from the Government Entity, the General Secretariat
will complete the process for its publication in the Official Gazette.
The
Secretary General of the SLC will issue the resolutions required for the
implementation of this Resolution.
a. This
Resolution supersedes the above-mentioned Resolution No. (1) of 2020.
b. Any
provision in any other resolution is also hereby repealed to the extent that it
contradicts this Resolution.
This
Resolution will be published in the Official Gazette and will come into force
on the day on which it is published.
Maktoum bin
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
First Deputy Ruler of Dubai
Chairman of the Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate
of Dubai
Issued in
Dubai on 10 March 2026
Corresponding to 21 Ramadan 1447 A.H.
©2026
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.