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Year of Version
2009
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Amended up to:
February 10, 2009
Adopted:
December 2, 1971
Type of Text
Constitution/Basic Law
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Notes
This consolidated version of the Constitution takes into account amendments up to the Constitutional Amendment 1/2009, which entered into force on February 10, 2009.
The said Constitutional Amendment introduced amendments to the following provsions of the Consitution:
- Articles 54, 59, 62, 64, 67, 72;
- Articles 85, 87, 91, 93 and 121.
Part III, Article 121 of this consolidated version of the Constitution reads:
'Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding Article, the UAE has exclusive legislative jurisdiction in the following matters:...- Protection of intellectual, technical and industrial property
rights; copyright; and printing and publishing rights;...'.
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