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United Arab Emirates Constitution

The application of the Constitution does not affect the treaties or conventions concluded by the member Emirates with the other states or international organizations unless these treaties or conventions are amended or repealed by agreement between the parties concerned.

All provisions contained in the laws, regulations, decrees, orders and decisions applied in the member Emirates when the Constitution takes force, as the case may be, continue to take force unless amended or repealed as provided in the Constitution.

The rules and regulations applied in the member Emirates also continue to be applied until the laws amending them are promulgated as provided in the Constitution.

By way of exception from the provisions of Article 121 of the Constitution, an Emirate may enact the legislation necessary for regulating the matters set out in the said Article without prejudice to the provisions of Article 151 of the Constitution.

The federal authorities shall seek as quickly as possible to have the laws referred to in the Constitution enacted to replace the existing legislation and provisions, particularly those which are inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution.