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Article (1) Definitions

In application of the provisions of this Law by Decree, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to each of them, unless the context requires otherwise:

State: United Arab Emirates.

Court: Presidential Court.

Chairman: Chairman of the Presidential Court.

Public Prosecution: Federal Public Prosecution.

Attorney General: Attorney General of the Federation.

Office: The Federal Judicial Enforcement Office.

Concerned Entities: Federal and Local Authorities related to the work of the Office.

Director General: Director of the Federal Judicial Enforcement Office.

Office Employees: Officers, non-commissioned officers, privates of other ranks, guards and civil servants working in the Office.

Officer: Everyone with the rank of Lieutenant and above.

Non-commissioned Officer: Everyone whose rank is less than the rank of officer and not less than the rank of first policeman.

Private: Everyone whose rank is less than the rank of non-commissioned officer.

Guard: Every person entrusted with duties of guarding, carrying weapons, and using them in accordance with the provisions of the Law, without having an official rank.

Guarding Companies: Companies that provide a security service based on a licence issued thereto in accordance with the legislation in force in the State.