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Article (2)
Where a Master Developer or Sub-developer requests, within the period stipulated in
paragraph (2) of Article (3) of the Law, the registration of the legal disposition of a Real
Property Unit with the Department, it will be deemed that he has complied with the time
period required by the Law, even if the Department fails to complete the registration
procedure within such period.
Article (3)
If the Master Developer or Sub-developer submits a request to register the legal
disposition of the Real Property Unit after expiry of the time period stipulated in paragraph
(2) of Article (3) of the Law, the Department must:
1. register the legal disposition in the Interim Property Register; and
2. impose a fine of ten thousand Dirhams (AED 10,000.00) on the developer.
Article (4)
The Master Developer or Sub-developer may not commence implementation of the
project or dispose of its Real Property Units by way of Off-plan Sale unless:
1. he has taken possession of the land plot and has received the demarcation certificate;
2. he has actual control over the land plot where the project is proposed to be
constructed; and
3. he has obtained the required approvals from the Competent Entities to commence
implementation of the project.
Article (5)
1. The Department must, whether on its own initiative or upon request by the concerned
parties, indicate in the record of the land plot where a development project is to be
constructed that the project is designated as “a development project governed by
the provisions of the Law”.
2. The Department will remove the designation referred to in the preceding
paragraph upon completion of the development project and registration of its
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