Law No. 37 of 2014 on the Establishment of
Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority
Having perused the Constitution;
The Amiri Decree No. 8 of 1959 regulating the Use of Wireless Communications
Devices,
The Law No. 16 of 1960 promulgating the Penal Code, and the amending laws
thereof;
The Penal Procedures and Trials Law promulgated by Law No. 17 of 1960, and the
amending laws thereof;
Law No. 30 of 1964 on the Establishment of the State Audit Bureau, and the amending
laws thereof;
Law No. 37 of 1964, on the Public Tenders, and the amending laws thereof;
The Decree Law No. 31 of 1978, on the rules for the Preparation of the Public Budgets
and Monitoring their implementation and the State's final account, and the amending
laws thereof;
The Decree Law No. 15 of 1979, concerning the Civil Service, and the amending laws
thereof;
The Decree promulgated on 4/4/1979, concerning the Civil Service System and the
amending laws thereof;
The Decree Law No. 105 of 1980, on the regulation of State Domains, and the
amending laws thereof;
The Decree Law No. 20 of 1981, the establishment of a circuit within the Court of
First Instance for the Trial of Administrative Disputes as amended by Law No. (61) of
1982;
The Amiri Decree No. 12 of 1986, concerning the Competencies of the Ministry of
Communications, and the amending laws thereof;
Law No. 18 of 1986, on the Ratification of the Arab Wire and Wireless
Communications Union Agreement,
The Decree Law No. 116 of 1992, on the Administrative Regulation, Determination of
Terms of reference and Delegation thereof, and the amending laws thereof;
Law no. 1 of 1993 on the Protection of Public Funds, and the amending laws thereof;
Law No. 14 of 1996, regarding the Ratification of the Charter and Agreement of the
International Union for Communications and the Protocol attached thereto,
Law No. 26, of 1996, on the Establishment of Companies for Wireless
Communications Services, and the amending laws thereof;
Law No. 19 of 2000, concerning Support of National Manpower and Encouraging the
same to Work in Non-Governmental Entities, and the amending laws thereof;
Law No. 9 of 2001 concerning the Misuse of Telephone Communications Devices and
Wiretaps,
Unified Customs System – Law of the Gulf Cooperation Council No. 10 of 2003,
Decree No. 266 of 2006 on the Establishment of the Information Technology Central
Agency, and the amending laws thereof;
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