President

Based on the provisions of the Constitution, and as approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held on 22 /8/1436 A.H., 9/6/2015, the following shall be issued:

Article 1

Articles 96 and 180 of the Traffic Act No. 31 of 2004 Its amendments are as follows:

" Article 96:

a. The owner of the motor vehicle, trailers and trailers are entitled to appeal the result of the technical examination with a request to be submitted to the Directorate of Transport in the governorate within five days of the date of such an outcome.

b. The Directorate directly lifts the appeal against the outcome of the examination to the court of the District Court of Sir, and the judge considers the case in the study room and has the right to use technical experts who have jurisdiction in the auto disputes at the expense of the crew, and the court decides to appeal against assets.

c. The decision of the judge is subject to appeal before the Court of Appeal, according to the date and the due process, in the appeal of the decisions of the summary judge, and the Appeals Tribunal shall separate the appeal in the Chamber of Appeal with an concluded decision.

Dr. The owner of the vehicle mentioned in paragraph (a) of this article shall be satisfied with the amount of 1000 L.S. for the public treasury when the appeal is filed."

" Article 180:

a. Civil liability:

1. The owner of the vehicle and its driver are responsible for the solidarity and solidarity for the physical and material damage caused by the use of the vehicle.

2. The owner and the driver are exempted from this liability if the damage proved to be due to force majeure or serious error from the affected or third person without which he or the person in charge is wrong. If the fault attributed to the affected or the third person is minor, the owner and the driver will be responsible for the fault. The circumstances surrounding the case.

3. If the cause of the accident is an error that occurred from the affected or the third person in conjunction with an error signed by the owner, or from one of the persons responsible for them or the vehicle, the civil liability shall be distributed to each of them in the proportion of the fault he committed.

4. If an injured person is injured in the vehicle free of charge and the owner or driver of the vehicle does not commit any error that is exempted from compensation.

5. If someone uses the vehicle without permission from its owner and makes a mistake, this person is considered to be a civilian rather than the owner.

6. A third person with respect to the provisions of this article shall not be regarded as being used by the owner in service of the vehicle or by the persons driving it.

b. Criminal liability:

1. The owner or driver of the vehicle should not be prosecuted if his vehicle was subjected to a traffic accident, which resulted in physical damage to others if the vehicle was in a state of standing or stopping in a regular manner.

2. The driver or owner of the vehicle shall not be stopped in case his vehicle is a party to a traffic accident resulting in bodily harm or death to one of its assets, branches, spouse or wife without causing bodily harm to other persons.

Article 2

These ongoing amendments to the law are published in the Official Journal and are considered a window from the date of their issuance without prejudice to the acquired rights set forth in the law. By Act No. 31 of 2004 and its amendments.

Damascus on 24/8/1436 A.H., 11/6/2015

President

Bashar al-Assad

Lawyer Naam Al-Masri