Law No. (10) of 2010
Amending Law No. (34) of 2008
Concerning Disposition of Impounded
Vehicles, Machinery, and Bikes[1]
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We,
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
Ruler of Dubai,
After perusal of:
Law No. (34) of 2008 Concerning Disposition of
Impounded Vehicles, Machinery, and Bikes (the “Original Law”); and
Law No. (6) of 1997 Concerning Contracts of
Government Departments in the Emirate of Dubai and its amendments,
Do
hereby issue this Law.
Article (1)
Article (4) of the Original Law will be
superseded by the following:
Article
(4)
1. A notice to the owners and mortgagees
of Vehicles, Motorcycles, and Pedal Cycles impounded by the Police will be published
in one Arabic and one English daily
newspaper, both widely-circulated, requiring those owners and mortgagees to report
to the competent Police department to recover their impounded items no later
than one (1) month from the date of publication of the notice.
2. If the owners or mortgagees of Vehicles,
Motorcycles, or Pedal Cycles fail to complete the procedures to terminate the impoundment
and recover the impounded items within the period mentioned in paragraph (1) of
this Article, such items will be sold by public auction in accordance with the
provisions and procedures stipulated in the above-mentioned Law No. (6) of
1997.
Article (2)
This Law will be published in the
Official Gazette and will come into force on the day on which it is published.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Ruler
of Dubai
Issued in Dubai on 27 April 2010
Corresponding to 13 Jumada al-Ula 1431
A.H.
©2015
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.