The procedures to be followed by the Rental Dispute Solving Commitee Thursday, 07 October 2010 04:44

Article 1

The Rent Dispute Settlement Commission has to issue instant rulings in landlord-tenant disputes over rent contracts subject to Law No. 4/2008.
Article 2

The Rent Dispute Settlement Commission has to convene on a weekly basis at the invitation of its chairman or whenever the need for this arises. The meetings have to be held at the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning.
Meetings can only be valid in the presence of all commission members. Commission members can replace each other in meetings.
Article 3
The Secretariat of the Commission is responsible for the following:
1. Receiving documented requests and queries from concerned parties, collecting fees, and registering requests in records with serial numbers.
2. Preparing summaries of received requests and documents in preparation for presenting them to the Chairman of the Commission.
3. Writing the minutes of commission meetings.
4. Registering commission decisions the dates of informing concerned parties concerned.
5. Monitoring the implementation of commission resolutions.
6. Preparing a file, containing the applications presented the commission, and keeping documents of commission decisions for reference.
Article 4
Parties to disputes have to present written requests to the Secretariat after paying the required fees. Requests have to contain applicants’ information as well as the information of the other party (s) to the dispute, including job, nationality, address, and the topic of the request.
Applicants have to present proof of their claims espoused by a report about their demands. They have also to have several copies of this report, including one that has to go to Commission Secretariat.
Documents written in foreign languages have to be accompanied by certified Arabic translations.
Article 5
Commission Chairman decides the date of the hearing, but commission staff have to notify parties to the dispute about this date at least seven days earlier. Notification has to be made via registered mail.
Article 6
Commission Chairman has the right to demand clarifications or documents from parties to the dispute before the hearing.
Article 7
Parties to disputes can personally attend the hearing or send representatives, but Commission Chairman has to ensure the identity of these representatives.
Article 8
Commission members have to hear the defence of parties to disputes with no regard to the procedures set out in the Civil Commercial Procedures Code. But they have to take basic litigation principles, such as hearing witness and expert accounts, into consideration.
Article 9
Commission members have the right to seek advice from experts. They can also request documents related to disputes.
Article 10
Commission members have to examine the notes made by parties to disputes in order to ensure the validity of their testimonies.