Sharjah24: The Legislative and Legal Affairs, Appeals, Suggestions, and Complaints Committee of the Sharjah Consultative Council has increased its sessions to examine a proposal for a law governing property leasing in Sharjah. Within this framework, the committee held several meetings, including discussions with stakeholders in the Real Estate Committee of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Additionally, they convened at the council's Sharjah City headquarters to analyse various aspects of the proposed law.
The committee deliberated on different perspectives regarding the proposed law, scrutinising its various clauses subsequent to its referral by the Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Emirate of Sharjah to the Legislative and Legal Affairs, Appeals, Suggestions, and Complaints Committee. This referral was made in line with the fourth clause of Article 7 of Law No. 2 of 1999, which pertains to the establishment of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Sharjah. Such actions were taken in adherence to the stipulations of Article 72 of the Internal Regulations of the Consultative Council of the Emirate of Sharjah.
Mohammed Ali Al-Hammadi, the Chairman of the Committee, presided over the meeting. Hamad Abdulwahab Al-Qawadi, the committee's rapporteur, and members including Mohammed Saleh Al Ali, Hamad Abdullah Al Riami, Rashid Saleh Al Hammadi, Khalifa Mohammed Buhannam, and Ubaid Issa Al Mazmi were in attendance. Youssef Hassan Al Ali, the legal advisor to the council and director of the parliamentary affairs department, Abdulaziz bin Khadem, the deputy director of parliamentary affairs, and Saif Salem bin Suhail Al Ketbi, the committee's secretary, were also present from the General Secretariat of the Council.
The committee reviewed the various provisions of the proposed law, which regulates leasing for residential, commercial, industrial, or professional purposes in the Emirate of Sharjah. Discussions focused on legal formulations within their jurisdiction, covering aspects such as lease contract formation, authentication, proof of the lease relationship, obligations of both lessors and lessees, lease assignment, re-leasing, eviction grounds, rent compensation, and matters concerning both parties, ultimately leading to the termination of the lease relationship.
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