Adi Bitar

“ The payment of taxes and public imposts determined by law shall be an obligation upon every citizen.
Article 43. The defense of the Union shall be a sacred duty obligatory upon every citizen. The discharge of military service shall be an honor for citizens and shall be regulated by law.
Article 44. It shall be the duty of all inhabitants of the Union to respect the Constitution and the laws and regulations issued by the public authorities in execution thereof, to protect public order and to respect public morality. ”

“ Whereas it is our desire and the desire of the people of our Emirates to establish a Union between these Emirates, to promote a better life, more enduring stability and a higher international status for the Emirates and their people ”

“ Desiring also to lay the foundations of Union Law in the coming years on a sound basis, corresponding with the realities and the capacities of the Emirates at the present time, enabling the Union, so far as possible, freely to achieve its goals, sustaining the identity of its members where this is not inconsistent with those goals and preparing the people of the Union at the same time for a noble and free constitutional life, progressing by steps towards a comprehensive, representative, democratic regime in an Islamic and Arab society free from fear and anxiety ”

“ If, between meetings of the Supreme Council, the speedy promulgation of Union laws, which cannot be delayed, is required, the President of the Union and the Council of Ministers may together promulgate the necessary laws in the form of decrees which shall have the force of law, provided they are not inconsistent with the Constitution. ”

“ Society shall esteem work as a fundamental basis of its development. It shall strive to ensure that work is available for citizens and to ensure that they are prepared for it. It shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure this by providing legislation to protect the rights of the employees and to protect the interests of the employers, bearing in mind developing international labor legislation. ”

“ Public service shall be open to all citizens on a basis of equality of circumstances between them, in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Public service shall be a national service entrusted to those undertaking it. The public servant shall aim, in the execution of his duties, at the public interest alone.
Article 36. Homes shall be inviolable. They may not be entered without permission from their inhabitants except in accordance with the provisions of the law, and in circumstances laid down therein.
Article 37. Citizens may not be deported or banished from the Union. ”

“ If the Court, in rendering judgement on the constitutional legality of laws, legislation and regulations, rules that Union legislation is inconsistent with the Constitution of the Union, or that local legislation or regulations under consideration contain provisions which are inconsistent with the Constitution of the Union or with a Union law, the authority concerned in the Union or in the Emirate as applicable shall be obliged to take the necessary steps to remove or rectify the constitutional inconsistency. ”

“ The Union shall be part of the Great Arab Nation, to which it is bound by the ties of religion, language, history and common destiny. The people of the Union shall be a single people, and shall be part of the Arab Nation. ”

“ The natural resources and wealth in each Emirate shall be considered the public property of that Emirate. Society shall be responsible for the protection and proper exploitation of such natural resources and wealth for the benefit of the national economy. ”

“ No Union tax may be imposed, varied or abolished except by means of a law. No person may be exempted from liability to pay such taxes except as prescribed by the law.
Union taxes, duties and fees may not be levied on any person except within the limits of the law and in accordance with its provisions. ”

“ The exercise of authority in each Emirate shall aim in particular at the maintenance of law and order within its territories, the expansion of public utilities of value to its inhabitants and the raising of social and economic standards. ”

“ Union law shall provide for matters pertaining to the execution of judgements, requests for legal assistance, publicizing legal documents and the surrender of fugitives, as between member Emirates of the Union, taking into consideration the greatest ease of execution. ”

“ Every citizen shall be free to choose his occupation, trade or profession within the limits of the law, due consideration being given to any regulations prescribed for any such professions and trades. ”

“ An independent Union department headed by an Auditor-General who shall be appointed by decree, shall be established to audit the accounts of the Union and its organs and agencies, and to audit any other accounts assigned to the said department for that purpose in accordance with the law. ”

“ The member Emirates of the Union shall contribute a specified proportion of their annual revenues to cover the annual general budget expenditure of the Union, in the manner and on the scale to be prescribed in the Budget Law. ”

“ Every person shall have the right to submit complaints to the competent authorities, including the judicial authorities, concerning the abuse or infringement of the rights and freedoms stipulated in this Part. ”