Article (1)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
In applying the provisions of this law, the following words have the meanings set out in each of them unless the context has another meaning:
Ministry: Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning.
Minister: Minister of Municipality and Urban Planning.
Council: Central Municipal Council.
Chairman: Chairman of the Central Municipal Council.

Article (2)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The Central Municipal Council has a moral personality, and a budget attached to the general budget of the state.
The Council directly assumes the specializations in article 8 of this Act.
The Council has a secretariat with sufficient staff to assist the Council in its work.
The council is based in Doha.

Article (3)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The Council consists of twenty-nine members representing different cities, villages, and regions, and are elected directly in accordance with a law passed.

Article (4)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The law issued by the electoral system determines the conditions to be met by the voter, and the procedures for nomination and election.
The Minister of the Interior issues a decision that includes the determination of constituencies, their respective regions and the number of members elected.
This decision is issued for the first council within six months of the date of the introduction of the provisions of this Act.

Article (5)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
A candidate for the council member is required to:

1.  His nationality must be Qatari, and whoever has acquired Qatari nationality must have a Qatari nationality whose father is born in Qatar.
2.  Be thirty years old.
3. Be fluent in reading and writing.
4. Be recognized for their competence and honesty.
5. He must not have been sentenced for a crime against honor or honesty unless he has been rehabilitated.
6. Be restricted to the voters' list in the district in which he or she is running and has permanent residence within its borders.
7. Not to be a person working in the Ministry of Defense or interior or any other military entity.

Article (5 / bis)

Added according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The person nominated to the Council of employees of ministries and other government agencies and government entities and institutions shall be granted unpaid vacation if he does not have a balance of vacations by the provisions governing human resources in his employer, starting from the day after the closing of the nomination until the end of the election process, and may not During this period the exercise of any of the competences of the public service.

If the employee has been elected as a member of the council, He is full-time for membership and his membership is considered an actual service period in all his career affairs, during which he is entitled to his total salary except for the allowances related to the actual performance of the job duties, and after his membership ends he returns to his job or a similar position.

Article (6)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The term of the council shall be four years, starting from the date of its first meeting, and during the last four months of that period the elections for the new council must be held.

Article (7)

The Chairman and members of the Council will take the following oath before starting their work:
(I swear to Almighty God that I will perform my work in the Council with honesty and truthfulness, and to preserve the interests of the nation and the citizens).

Article (8)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The Council aims to work with the means available on the progress of the country in the field of municipal affairs, and has in order to achieve its objectives to exercise in particular the following specializations, powers, and responsibilities:

First: Monitoring the implementation of laws, resolutions, and regulations relating to the powers and competences of the ministry and the council, including laws, resolutions, and regulations related to the affairs of building regulation, land planning, roads, shops, industrial, public and other regulations in which it provides for the authorization of the council has the authority to monitor the execution.
Second: Research in the areas of planning and programs, economic, social, financial and administrative for municipal and agricultural affairs, especially the following:

1. Study the desires or proposals submitted by members of the Council on any issue that comes in the areas of municipal and agricultural affairs.
2. Consider and express opinions on issues and issues related to municipal affairs that are referred to the Council by the Ministry or other government agencies.
3. Make recommendations regarding issuing laws or taking any procedures or measures that the Council deems necessary or beneficial to the public interest.
4. Requesting any data, studies, or reports related to the ministry’s departments and municipalities and their proposals, for their consideration and opinion.
5. Examination of petitions and complaints related to municipal and agricultural affairs and the council may request the responsible authorities of the ministry and other competent government agencies the necessary data necessary for its examination.
6. Monitor the implementation of laws and regulations for foods intended for human consumption.
7. Propose the establishment of public parks and follow up on their maintenance.
8. Monitor the implementation of laws and regulations for cleaning streets and roads and collecting and disposing of waste and dirt.
9. Oversee public transportation of passengers.
10. Monitor the implementation of the laws of commercial licenses, hotels, entertainment places, parks, simple occupations, and street vendors.
11. Monitor the implementation of advertising license laws and prevent public inconvenience.
12. Monitor systems for managing the burials and determine their locations.
13. Propose the names given to cities, villages, neighborhoods, streets, squares, markets, parks, and parks.
14. Propose the imposition of local taxes, fees and returns.
15. Monitor the effectiveness of anti-begging work, manage the nursing homes and help the poor.
16. Monitor the efficiency of relief work for people affected by fires and natural disasters.
17. Propose steps to prevent and prevent fires.
18. Submit annual council budget proposals.
19. Monitor and regulate the regulations for markets and shops.
20. Propose ways to improve the Ministry's revenue collection processes.
21. Organize the rules and conditions necessary to house animals in inhabited housing and monitor the implementation of the law on neglected animals.
22. Educating citizens and responding to complaints related to municipal and agricultural affairs.
23. Monitor the implementation of regulations and other procedures related to municipal and agricultural affairs.
24. Approve the necessary purchases for the work of the Council.
25. Preparing the council's internal regulations.
26. Preparing the council’s draft budget for the new fiscal year, as well as the draft final account for the ending fiscal year.
27. Any powers, powers, or other responsibilities established by law for the council.
28. Concluding agreements with similar Arab, regional and international bodies, in coordination with the Ministry, and in accordance with the legal provisions related to procedures for preparing legislation.

Article (8 / bis)

Added according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The member must avoid any action that would contradict interests between his own activities, or the activities of the authority in which he works and the interests of the council, or that it would directly or indirectly achieve his interest.

Article (9)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The Council shall issue its internal regulations after being approved by the Council of Ministers, based on the proposal of the Minister.

Article (10)

The Council may, in the process of exercising its competencies, issue local orders in matters not covered by the organization by existing legislation, and these orders shall not be valid until after their approval by the Minister, and the Ministry may implement them directly. Without prejudice to any more severe punishment stipulated by the laws in force, a violation of local orders is punishable by imprisonment for a period not exceeding a week and a fine that does not exceed five hundred QR or one of these two penalties, if the violation continues, the fine will be at the rate of five hundred QR for each day the violation continues With a maximum of ten thousand QR.
The council may issue local orders to impose certain fees on some services, and these orders do not apply except after the approval of the minister and approval by the Council of Ministers.

Article (11)

By a decision of the Council of Ministers, based on the Minister’s proposal, a committee called the “Coordination and Follow-up Committee” may be formed that includes in its membership representatives of the Council and representatives of the government apparatus, which shall undertake the tasks of organizing, coordinating, and following-up actions between the Council and other ministries and government agencies and public authorities and institutions.

Article (12)

The Council will meet at its headquarters in Doha and may meet in any other city of the country if it deems it necessary. The Council's meetings are public unless the Council decides to hold them confidentially at the request of the Minister, the Chairman or the majority of members.

Article (13)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The first meeting of the Council shall be called by decree, within a period not exceeding three months from the date of the announcement of the election of its members. With the exception of the first session, the session period shall be ten months, beginning in the first week of September of every year. The first meeting of the council is chaired by the oldest member, and at this meeting the council elects its Chairman and Vice-Chairman from among the members for the entire term of the council. The election is by secret ballot and by a majority of the votes of the members present. The Vice-Chairman replaces the Chairman in all his competencies when he is absent, and in the event of their absence together, the oldest members take over those competencies, and if one or both of them becomes vacant, the council elects to replace him, in the manner stipulated in the previous paragraph, until the end of his membership period.

Article (14)

The Council meets regularly every two weeks to consider issues on its agenda.
The meeting shall be invited in writing, at least three days before its appointment.

Article (15)

The Chairman may invite the Council to an extraordinary meeting, if there are justifications or reasons for urgency, or a third of the members of the Council may request that this meeting be held. The Council may only consider urgent matters for which it has been called.

Article (16)

The assembly shall not be valid unless attended by two thirds of its members. If this quorum is not available, the meeting shall be adjourned for three days. The second meeting is valid in the presence of one third of the members.
The Council shall issue its recommendations and decisions by a majority of the votes of those present, and upon equal votes the side of the Chairman shall be more likely.

Article (17)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The Secretary General represents the Council in its relations with others in technical, administrative and financial affairs.

Article (18)

The Chairman calls for council meetings, presides over meetings, leads discussions, maintains order, and is responsible for communicating recommendations and decisions issued by the council.

Article (19)

Repealed according to Law No. (1) of 2011

Article (20)

The Council may form from among its members a committee or assign one of its members to study one or more matters that fall within its competence, and the committee or member may seek the assistance of anyone who deems it necessary to use it in coordination with the agency that follows it, to obtain any technical information or opinions and present the results of the study to the Council.

Article (21)

The Council, in coordination with the competent authority, may invite any government officials or others who see them to submit any data or information regarding the issues submitted to it.

Article (22)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The General Secretariat is headed by a Secretary General, who is appointed by a decision of the Minister, upon the proposal of the Council.
Under the supervision of the Council, it is responsible for implementing and following up on the recommendations and decisions taken by the Council, and managing the technical, administrative and financial affairs of the Council, and in particular it may do the following:

1. Receive requests submitted by members of the Council related to the affairs of their departments and request the necessary data, information and documents to fulfill their elements from the relevant authorities.
2. Supervise all administrative units of the Council.
3. Preparing the annual budget draft of the council.
4. Issue decisions related to the affairs of the Council's employees.

Article (23)

The Secretary General prepares the council’s agenda and submits it to the Chairman for approval. He shall invite the members to attend the meeting according to the instructions of the Chairman, inform them in writing of the dates of the meeting, and attach the letter of invitation to the agenda. The Secretary-General shall announce the date of the meeting and the agenda in a visible place at the headquarters of the Council.

Article (24) 

The Secretary General shall record the minutes of the meetings and the recommendations and decisions issued by the Council in a special register, which shall be signed by the Chairman and the Secretary General periodically.

Article (25)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The Council shall submit its decisions and recommendations to the Minister to take whatever action it deems appropriate.
If the Minister considers that these decisions or recommendations fall outside the jurisdiction of the Council or include a violation of the law or a violation of the general policy of the state, he may object to it.
If the council insists on its decision or recommendation, the minister shall submit the matter to the Council of Ministers to take whatever action it deems necessary. 

Article (26)

Membership ends with one of the following reasons:

1. Death.
2. The term of membership expires in accordance with Article (6) of this law.
3. Resignation.
4. Dismissal.
5. Dissolution of the Council based on the requirements of the public interest.

Article (27)

Submit the resignation in writing to the Chairman. It will be brought to the attention of the Council for its first meeting after submission. The member is considered resigned from the date of submitting the resignation.

Article (28)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
If a member is absent from attending council or committee meetings more than three consecutive meetings or six separate meetings in one session without an acceptable excuse, the council issued a decision inviting the member to hear his statements in a session determined after at least fifteen days from the date of notifying the member of its appointment.
If the council does not accept the defense expressed by the member, or the member is absent from attending the aforementioned session, the council may issue a decision, with the approval of the majority of its members, that the member be resigned.

Article (29)

The member shall be dismissed if he lost the trust or consideration required by the membership of the Council, or breached the duties of membership, or lost one of its conditions according to Article (5) of this law. The member’s order before dismissal is presented to the council. If, after hearing his statements, he saw the truth of what was attributed to him, he decided to dismiss him, with the approval of two-thirds of the council members present.

Article (30)

A member whose membership has ended shall be replaced by the one who possessed the most votes among the candidates who did not win the membership of the Council in his district. In the absence of a candidate to replace the member whose membership has ended; the Council shall inform the Ministry of the Interior to take the necessary measures to elect a new member from the same district. The new member shall complete the term of his predecessor. The Council may decide not to occupy the vacant place, if the remainder of the membership period does not exceed six months.

Article (31)

Amended according to Law No. (1) of 2011
It is permissible by decree based on the requirements of the public interest to dissolve the council, and that is based on the proposal of the minister or two-thirds of the members.
The dissolution decree appoints a committee that will assume the functions of the council, until the procedures for forming a new council are taken.
The elections for the new council will take place within four months of the date of the dissolution decree.

Article (32)

The council is considered dissolved, if the number of its members is less than half, and the procedures for issuing the dissolution decree and taking the committee’s appointment are taken in accordance with the previous article.

Article (33)

Amended according to Decree Law No. (22) of 2003
Members of the Council shall receive a reward determined by a decree and shall be due from the date on which he took the oath in the front of the Council.

Article (33 / bis)

Added according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The dispatch of the Chairman and members of the Council on official missions shall be with the approval of the Minister.

Article (34)

The Chairman presents an annual report to the council on the business of the financial year ending in the three months the first of the new fiscal year.

Article (34 / bis)

Added according to Law No. (1) of 2011
The provisions of the Human Resources Management Law promulgated by Law No. (8) of 2009 apply to the employees of the General Secretariat.

Article (35)

The Council shall issue the regulations and decisions necessary to implement this law in conformity with its provisions and achieve its purposes. These regulations and decisions shall not be considered in effect until after their approval by the Council of Ministers, based on the proposal of the Minister.

Article (36)

Law No. (1) of the year 1990 referred to is canceled, as is any other ruling that violates the provisions of this law. Until the regulations and decisions stipulated in the previous article are issued, the regulations and decisions currently in force in accordance with these provisions will continue to be applied.

Article (37)

All competent authorities, each within its jurisdiction, shall implement this law. And it shall be effective from the date of publication in the Official Newspaper.