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Law No. 17 of 2018 Establishing the Workers’ Support and Insurance Fund

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

Establishes a statutory fund designed to support worker protection and address specified worker entitlements or employer-default situations within its legal man…

Law No. 17 of 2020 on Determining the Minimum Wage for Workers and Domestic Workers

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

The parent Law authorises and establishes a statutory minimum-wage framework covering workers and domestic workers within its terms; the operative wage floor is…

Law No. 18 of 2017 on Public Hygiene

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

Establishes rules protecting cleanliness and hygiene in public places and regulating specified waste-related conduct — prohibitions on disposal/abandonment/leak…

Law No. 19 of 2006 Concerning Protection of Competition and Prevention of Monopolistic Practices

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

Qatar's principal competition/antitrust statute. Prohibits anti-competitive agreements (price-fixing, market allocation, output restriction, exclusionary conduc…

Law No. 19 of 2024 on the Regulation of District Cooling Services

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

Qatar's district-cooling statute creates a licensed regulatory regime for producing, distributing, supplying and selling cooling energy through chilled-water sy…

Law No. 2 of 2017 Promulgating the Civil and Commercial Arbitration Law

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

Qatar's principal arbitration statute, based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration. Repealed and replaced Part 13 (Articles 190-210,…

Law No. 20 of 2019 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

The Law is Qatar's principal framework for criminalising money laundering and terrorism financing, imposing preventive duties on financial institutions and desi…

Law No. 21 of 2015 Regulating the Entry, Exit and Residence of Expatriates

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

The principal statutory architecture for expatriates’ entry into, residence in and departure from Qatar — visas and residence permissions, hosting/employing res…

Law No. 22 of 2004 Regarding Promulgating the Civil Code

Qatar · Code

In Force

Qatar's general Civil Code, supplying the general law of obligations, contract and civil liability and regulating a wide range of nominate contracts and proprie…

Law No. 22 of 2024 Amending Certain Provisions of the Income Tax Law Promulgated by Law No. 24 of 2018

Qatar · Law / Act

In Force

The Law amends Qatar's Income Tax Law to establish the statutory basis for the Income Inclusion Rule and Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax within Qatar's implementati…