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Law No. 3 of 1963 concerning the Regulation of Foreigners’ Entry and Residence in Qatar (Repealed)

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 3Date: 16/02/1963 Corresponding to 23/09/1382 HijriNumber of Articles: 31Status: Canceled

Official Gazette :Issue: 2Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1963 Corresponding to 06/08/1382 HijriPage from: 518

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27 Article

Fees for issuance of a residence, renewal thereof and exemption shall be determined by a resolutionof the Minister of Interior.

28 Article - Amended

As amended pursuant to 22 of 1994)

(1) Each one who violates the provisions of Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 (Items 1 and 2), 22 and 23 of this Law, or the provisions of the regulations and decisions implementing these Articles, shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of not less than one year and not more than three years, together with a fine of not less than Ten Thousand Riyals and not more than Fifty Thousand Riyals, or either of them.

In all cases, it shall be sentenced to confiscate the means of transport used in the commission of the offence.

(2) Each one who violates the provision of Item3/(a) of Article 19 of this Law shall be punished with a fine not less than Thousand Riyals and not more than Six Thousand Riyals, and the punishment is doubled if the violator is a company or an establishment.

(3) Each one who violates the provisions of item3/(b) of Article 19 of this Law shall be punished with imprisonment for a period not less than two months and not more than one year and a fine not less than Three Thousand Riyals and not more than Twelve Thousand Riyals or with either of these punishments. The compounding in such offence shall not be allowed.

29 Article

(As amended pursuant to Law No. 8 of 1988)

(a) Pursuant to the provisions of Articles 1 and 4, the following are exempted from implementation of the provisions of this Law:

1. Presidents of states and members of their families.

2. Heads of diplomatic and consular missions, and their families, who are living with them in one place.

3. Members of diplomatic missions of diplomatic envoys only.

4. Crews of vessels and airplanes coming to Qatar who hold marine tickets or air tickets from their competent authorities.

5. Whoever the Minister of Interior decides to exclude with a special permission for international courtesy.

(b) The Minister of Interior shall regulate, by passing a resolution after consulting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the rules and procedures for the entry, residence and exit of those whom the exemption mentioned in the precedent paragraph does not include, of the members, employee and workers of the diplomatic and consular missions and their special servants, who are delegated from their countries and their families, who are living with them in one place.

30 Article

Provisions of this Law do not prejudice the special agreements for entry visas in which Qatar is a party or the accepted norms.

31 Article

All competent authorities, each within its own jurisdiction, shall enforce this Law which shall come into force after ninety days of its publication in the Official Gazette. The Minister of Interior shall issue necessary resolutions for its implementation.

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