Special court to be set up for enforcementof court judgments under new law

New law considers cheques as executive instruments to reduce the phenomenon of bounced cheques.

Lease contracts granted the power of executive instruments regarding property eviction without the need for primary litigation.

NT Bureau

Doha: The judicial enforcement law issued by the Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday has a set of effective legislative procedures for enforcing courts’ judgments, Qatar News Agency reports.

The Law No. (4) of 2024 is to go into force six months after the date of its publication in the official gazette.

The law includes legal provisions aimed at addressing some challenges hindering implementation, relieving the burden on litigants, facilitating justice, and most importantly, granting cheques the power of executive instruments to limit the phenomenon of bounced cheques.

Among the notable provisions of the new law is the establishment of a specialised court for the enforcement of judicial judgments to ensure efficient justice in rights enforcement.

Additionally, the new law aims to combat money laundering through strict judicial procedures and expand the powers of the enforcement judge.

Highlighting some key features of the law, the Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) said the law complements the legislation issued as part of the national initiative to develop justice systems, which has seen the issuance of several laws regulating judicial work over the past three years.

It also aligns with the council’s vision to achieve efficient justice by developing judicial procedures, digital transformation, accelerating litigation processes, enforcing judgments, and ensuring the quality of litigation simultaneously.

Moreover, the law introduces new provisions to regulate judicial procedures in the enforcement of judgments. It organises enforcement instruments and the necessary conditions for their execution, including court orders and arbitrators’ decisions, as well as agreements, settlement records, checks, and registered or authenticated lease contracts, giving them the power of executive instruments.

The law also considers cheques as executive instruments to enable beneficiaries to enforce the check amount in case of insufficient funds without the need for primary litigation, aiming to reduce the phenomenon of bounced cheques.

Furthermore, the law grants registered or authenticated lease contracts the power of executive instruments regarding property eviction after the contract period without the need for primary litigation.

Additionally, the law supports the trend towards automatic enforcement, electronic linkage, data digitisation, and judicial process automation in coordination with relevant authorities, leveraging artificial intelligence technologies.

It is worth noting that the judicial enforcement law is one of the important laws proposed within the national initiative to develop justice systems.

The law was drafted according to the latest global practices, including solutions to address local challenges, comparisons, and the extraction of experiences in line with Qatar’s context, aiming to achieve the expeditious enforcement of judicial judgments to consolidate the concept of efficient justice.

It is hoped that the enforcement court will commence its work in the coming period.