Hassan Al -Sitry
A monitoring of the newspaper “Al -Watan” showed the high number of decrees by a law that is awaiting approval by the House of Representatives in the next round, which begins next month, to 10 decrees, in addition to the presence of 3 decrees with the Shura Council, bringing the total of the decrees presented before the legislative authority 13 decisions by law.
According to monitoring, 6 decrees were issued recently by law during this leave, in addition to the presence of 4 decrees with the House of Representatives from the past round.
The recently released decrees are:
– Decree of Law No. (30) of 2025 amending some provisions of the Traffic Law issued by Law No. (23) for the year 2014.- Decree Law No. (31) of 2025 amending some provisions of the Penal Code issued by Decree Law No. (15) of 1976.
– Decree of Law No. (32) of 2025 amending some provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law issued by Decree Law No. (46) of 2002.
– Decree Law No. (33) of 2025 to approve the concession agreement on the Juba and pre -tall reservoirs in the Bahrain field.
– Decree of Law No. (34) of 2025 amending some provisions of Law No. (74) of 2006 regarding the care, rehabilitation and operation of people with disabilities.
– Decree Law No. (35) of 2025 with the approval of the unified system (law) for international land transport between the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
As for the decrees in the parliament and the stage of the past round, they are:
– Decree of Law No. (13) of 2024 amending Article (7) of the Judicial Authority Law issued by Decree Law No. (42) for the year 2002.
– Decree of Law No. (7) of 2024 amending Article (28) of Decree Law No. (15) of 2002 regarding the Shura and Representatives.
– Decree Law No. (10) of 2024 amending some provisions of Decree Law No. (15) of 1977 to issue development bonds.
– Decree Law No. (13) of 2023 amending some provisions of Decree Law No. (12) of 1977 to issue development bonds.
As for the decrees approved by the House of Representatives and are awaiting the approval of the Shura Council, they are:
– Decree Law No. (38) of 2022 amending some provisions of Decree Law No. (54) of 2002 regarding the internal regulations of the House of Representatives.
– Decree of Law No. (8) of 2024 to ratify and agree to join a number of international treaties and agreements related to judicial affairs.- Decree Law No. (9) of 2024 regarding the Bahrain International Commercial Court.
Article (38) of the Constitution states that: “If the roles of the Shura Council and the House of Representatives or during the period of the House of Representatives dissolve what requires expediting the taking of measures that cannot be delayed, the king may issue decrees that have the force of the law, provided that it is not violating the constitution. These decrees must be presented to both the Shura Council and the House of Representatives within a month from the date of their issuance if the two councils are standing, or within a month of the first meeting of each of the two new councils in the event of a solution or the end of the legislative term. If it is not presented, what was of the force of the law without the need to issue a decision to do so, and if it was presented and the two councils are not approved, it is also removed from the force of the law.
