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Article (8)
Developers must enter completed projects in the Property Register maintained by the
Department once they receive the completion certificate from the Competent Entities.
This includes entering sold Units in the name of purchasers who fulfilled their contractual
obligations in accordance with the procedure adopted by the Department.
For the purposes of this Article, the Department may, either upon the request of the
purchaser or upon its own initiative, register in the Property Register in the name of the
purchaser a Real Property Unit entered in the Interim Property Register which was sold
off-plan, provided that the purchaser fulfilled all his contractual obligations.
Article (9)
If a developer wishes to market his project through a Real Estate Broker, the developer
must contract with a certified Real Estate Broker in accordance with the terms and
conditions stipulated by Bylaw No. (85) of 2006 Regulating the Real Estate Brokers
Register in the Emirate of Dubai. The developer must also register that contract with
the Department.
Article (10)
No developer or Real Estate Broker may enter into a private sale contract to dispose of
Real Property or Real Property Units by way of Off-plan Sale in projects which are not
approved by the Competent Entities. Any contract which is entered into prior to obtaining
such approval will be null and void.
Article (11)
1. If a purchaser breaches any of the terms of the sale contract of the Real Property
Unit concluded with a developer, the developer must notify the Department of such
breach, and the Department must give a thirty (30) days’ notice to such purchaser,
in person, by registered mail or by electronic mail, to fulfil his contractual obligations.
2. If the notice period mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Article expires and the
purchaser fails to fulfil his contractual obligations, the developer may revoke the
contract and refund the purchaser after deducting up to thirty percent (30%) of the
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