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Bahrain

Bahrain * During the period June­December 2009 and the period January­June 2010, the Kingdom of Bahrain issued the following substantive legislation. LOCAL LEGISLATION 2009 Law No. (19) of 2009 Issuing the Family Law (Part 1) This extensive Family Law, consisting of 145 articles concerns the Sunni sect of Islam and regulates marriages, divorce, guardianship, custody of children and other Sharia matters relating to Sharia personal status. Having received the National Assembly's approval, the King ratified this Law on 27 May 2009 (Official Gazette No. 2898, dated 04 June 2009). 1.2 Law No. (30) of 2009, Concerning the Establishment of the Chamber for the Settlement of Disputes Concerning Economic, Financial and Investment Matters According to this Law, which was issued during the parliamentary recession, all economic, financial and investment disputes exceeding BD. 500,000 should be heard by this Chamber, instead of the Courts of Law. Beside this jurisdiction, the Chamber has been assigned jurisdiction in matters relating to (a) disputes among the financial establishments which hold licenses from the Bahrain Central Bank, or between these financial establishments and other establishments, companies and individuals; and (b) International Commercial Disputes (Article 9). * PhD in International Law (University of Cambridge); Barrister-at-Law of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online Brill

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Brill
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Copyright 2011 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1384-2935
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2211-2987
DOI
10.1163/22112987-90000013
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* During the period June­December 2009 and the period January­June 2010, the Kingdom of Bahrain issued the following substantive legislation. LOCAL LEGISLATION 2009 Law No. (19) of 2009 Issuing the Family Law (Part 1) This extensive Family Law, consisting of 145 articles concerns the Sunni sect of Islam and regulates marriages, divorce, guardianship, custody of children and other Sharia matters relating to Sharia personal status. Having received the National Assembly's approval, the King ratified this Law on 27 May 2009 (Official Gazette No. 2898, dated 04 June 2009). 1.2 Law No. (30) of 2009, Concerning the Establishment of the Chamber for the Settlement of Disputes Concerning Economic, Financial and Investment Matters According to this Law, which was issued during the parliamentary recession, all economic, financial and investment disputes exceeding BD. 500,000 should be heard by this Chamber, instead of the Courts of Law. Beside this jurisdiction, the Chamber has been assigned jurisdiction in matters relating to (a) disputes among the financial establishments which hold licenses from the Bahrain Central Bank, or between these financial establishments and other establishments, companies and individuals; and (b) International Commercial Disputes (Article 9). * PhD in International Law (University of Cambridge); Barrister-at-Law of

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