Part 1: General Provisions
Article 1 1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Law No. 3 of 1963 referred to above, any foreigner who enters or stays in the state of Qatar to work or practice a craft or a business, or for the purpose of accompanying another person or visiting a resident therein, shall have a sponsor.2. No such foreigner, except women having no profession, minors, and visitors whose period of stay in Qatar does not exceed thirty days, shall be allowed to leave the state temporarily or finally until after presenting a departure sponsorship.3. The departure sponsorship may be replaced where the foreigner cannot obtain it because his sponsor refuses to provide it without an acceptable justification or because of the sponsor's death or absence without appointing an authorized representative. Such replacement shall be granted upon a verified certificate that there are no judgments under execution or claims against the foreigner, to be issued by the presidents of all courts of Sharia and Justice two weeks after announcement of the date of his intended departure from the state under the provisions of Article 22 hereof. Article 2
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Article 12 1- A creditor may only have sole recourse for his debt against the sponsor after first having had recourse against the sponsored debtor, and may not collect his debt by attachment of the sponsor's property except after discussing the sponsored foreigner. In all cases, the sponsor shall adhere to his benefit of discussion and to the invalidity of collecting the debt from his property except after recourse to the sponsored debtor, otherwise he shall be deemed to have waived his right thereto. Article 13
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Article 18 Where the sponsor paid the debt in whole or in part, he shall replace the creditor in respect of the obligation in question pro rata the amount he paid and may exercise his right of recourse against the sponsored debtor on the basis ofmutatis mutandis sponsorship, replacement or Actio de in rem verso or unjust enrichment. Article 19
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Article 21 Sponsorship shall expire either by the abatement of the principal obligation for any reason whatsoever, or automatically upon termination of the period of the sponsorship. Article 22
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Article 23 The Minister of Interior shall issue the resolutions and bylaws necessary for the enforcement of this Law. Article 24
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