Law No. 11 of 1996 Amending Certain Provisions of Law No. 11 of 1990 on the Establishment of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 11Date: 08/07/1996 Corresponding to 22/02/1417 HijriNumber of Articles: 3Status: In force
Official Gazette :Issue: 8Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 31/08/1996 Corresponding to 17/04/1417 HijriPage from: 113
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We, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar;
Having perused the amended Provisional Constitution, in particular Articles 23, 34 and 51 thereof;
Law No. 11 of 1990 on the establishment of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
Decree No. 87 of 1990 assigning the members of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
The proposal of the Minister of Finance, Economy and Commerce;
The draft law submitted by the Council of Ministers; and
After consulting the opinion of the Shura Council;
Hereby promulgate the following Law:

Articles

Article 1

The expression “Minister of Economy and Commerce” shall be replaced by the expression “Minister of Finance, Economy and Commerce” wherever mentioned in Law No. 11 of 1990 referred to above.


Article 2

The text of Articles 13, 14, 18 and 40 of Law No. 11 of 1990 referred to above shall be replaced by the following:

Article 13
1.     The Board of Directors of the Chamber shall be composed of seventeen members elected by the General Assembly and shall represent the economic sectors. A resolution of the Ministry of Finance, Economy and Commerce is to be issued, after considering the opinions of concerned Ministers, to define the percentage of members representing such sectors.
2.     The term of membership on the Board is four years. The by-law regulations of the Chamber shall determine how to conduct elections.

Article 14
1.     The Board shall have all powers necessary to follow up on the Chamber’s affairs so as to meet its objectives, and shall issue any rule that it deems necessary and authorise any person to undertake any of its powers so as to guarantee the progress of work in a beneficial way.
2.     The Board shall prepare the by-law regulations, financial regulations and any other administrative regulations. Such regulations shall have no force and effect unless approved by the Minister of Finance, Economy and Commerce.

Article 18
Where any position on the Board becomes vacant for any reason, it shall be filled by the person who wins the majority of votes cast by candidates who did not win membership on the Board, and the new member shall continue the term of his predecessor.

Article 40
The Chamber shall be dissolved by an Emiri Resolution if the provisions of Article 5 hereof are violated. Such Emiri Resolution may be confined to dissolving only the Chamber Board, in which case the General Assembly shall elect another Board within a maximum of three months of the date of dissolution of the previous Board. The Minister of Finance, Economy and Commerce shall entrust the running of the Chamber’s works within this period to a temporary committee.


Article 3

The Chamber Board shall continue to conduct its work until elections are held in accordance with Article 13 of this Law within six months from the effective date thereof


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