The Ministry of Justice confirmed that the new documentation law issued by His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, may God protect and preserve him, aims to upgrade documentation services to keep pace with the comprehensive renaissance witnessed by the state in various fields, and facilitate the conduct of transactions and facilitate citizens’ access to them electronically in This step is the first of its kind since the issuance of Law No. (9) of 1979.
According to the Ministry of Justice, the new law allowed, within the framework of the facilities that were created, for the first time, to carry out procedures for documenting documents, contracts, attestation, records, applications, and other procedures stipulated in the law electronically, so that copies and electronic procedures referred to have the same legal authority as paper originals.
The law established solutions to the process of documenting documents for those who are unable to sign or who are not proficient in writing or speaking in Arabic, and the law permits those who are ignorant of the Arabic language or not proficient in it, to seek the assistance of a translator accredited by the Ministry, who signs the document with the contracting parties, and the law also permits those who are unable to sign or who are not fluent in it. Writing Signature of the editor with thumb or ring print in the presence of two witnesses.
In addition, an electronic register will be established in the Department in which all agencies are registered, and the law obliges those concerned to register the agencies issued to them before 2011 within one year from the date of implementation of the provisions of this law.
