Law No. 13 of 1981 Housing Cooperative Associations Act

President

Based on the Constitution

As approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held on 10/5/1401 A.H., 15/3/1981,

The following are issued:

Chapter I

Residential cooperative societies and their objectives

Article 1

The following expressions in the application of this Act shall mean what is shown next to each of them:

Ministry: Ministry of Housing and Facilities.
Minister: Minister of Housing and Utilities.
JC: Residential Cooperative Society.
General Union: General Union for Residential Cooperation in the Syrian Arab Republic.
(e) Union: Residential Cooperative Union in the Governorate.
The residential cooperative sector: the Assembly, the Joint Assembly, the Federation and the General Union.

Article 2

Associations aim to:

(a) The construction of housing, its requirements and the titling of its members at cost and within the cooperative framework.
to contribute to the implementation of the state plan in the area of housing.

Chapter II

Establishment of Associations-Terms of membership

Article 3

At least 30 members of the Association shall establish and sign a contract for this purpose. The founding contract shall include, in particular, the name of the association, its work area, the purpose of its founding, the names of the founders, and a summary of their personal identities and chosen citizens.

The founders submit the contract with a reasoned request for approval to the union which lifts it to the public union with economic and social justifications, and the public union shall refer the request to the ministry, indicating its opinion.

The Federation, the General Union and the Ministry have to decide on the application within 30 days of the date of their registration in the respective Cabinet.
If the application is accepted, the Society shall be singled out for a decision by the Minister to be published in the official gazette, thus acquiring legal personality.

c. If the application is not decided by the Union or the General Union during the period mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the motion may be submitted by the founders to the General Union or to the Ministry immediately.
If the ministry rejects the request or not, during this period, the founders are entitled to appeal within thirty days before the Court of Appeal in the governorate in which the association is to be established, and the Civil Appeals Tribunal shall rule on the appeal in accordance with the provisions of article 36, paragraph (e).

The Minister determines by decision the number of associations in each governorate as needed.

Article 4

The assembly's work area is within the administrative boundaries of a city, a town or a village, not exceeding the limits of the one.

The associations whose status is located in Damascus city are excluded from this condition and are allowed to operate within the administrative borders of the governorates of Damascus and Damascus.

Article 5

The founder or student of association is required to become a member of the association providing the following:

A: It is Syrian Arabs or in their judgment, taking into account the provisions of Article 8 of this Law.

He would have completed 18 years of age if he was the founder and the 15th if he was an associate.

He is not a member of another association with the same goals at the country level.

(d) A civil registration, place of work or actual residence in the area of work of the Assembly on the date of admission to be established, shall be established by documents established by the rules of procedure.

It would not have benefited from a dwelling or a piece of land from any public body or any other association with the same goals at the country level.

and to pay the value of the shares and to draw the subscription within a month from the date of the decision of the Governing Council to say its affiliation and not be considered null and void.

1. An owner in the assembly's area of work for a residence on the face of independence, and his or her minor children combined or alone, whose estimated value in the financial circles is more than 30 thousand Syrian pounds, and the estimated value can be adjusted by decision of the Minister.
2-An owner in the assembly's area of work for a part or for parts of a residential estate, and his or her minor children, combined or alone, whose value in the financial circles exceeds 45 thousand Syrian pounds, and this value can be modified by decision of the minister.

If the association was founded in favor of workers in one of the state departments, institutions, public bodies, or the character of the public sector, or in the common or private sector, or those working in a profession or a certain profession, it may not be affiliated with people who do not belong to them.

Article 6

The number of non-assigned members of each association shall be determined by its rules of procedure and by its nature.

Article 7

Citizens of Arab States who are permanently resident in the Syrian Arab country may belong to associations and are subject to housing for the provisions of the laws in force.

Chapter III

General Authority and Board of Directors-and regulations

Article 8

The public body is composed of all members, which is the supreme authority in the Assembly and its decisions apply to all members.

Article 9

Each member participating in the plenary meeting shall have one vote, and no vote shall be voted on and on behalf of the minor and his or her guardian, as the case may be.

A proxy vote may be voted on by proxy for only one member.

Article 10

Members are invited to attend the meeting of the public body after the notification of the ministry and the federation fifteen days before the meeting.

Article 11

The Board of Directors shall invite the General Authority to hold the annual ordinary meeting within the following four months for the end of the financial year for the following dates:

1. Ratification of annual accounts.
2. To ratify the reports of the Board of Directors and the Monitoring Committee.
3. Ratification of audit reports.
4-Election of members of the Board of Directors and the Control Commission when necessary.
5-To dismiss a member of the Assembly in accordance with the rules of procedure.
6-Consideration of other topics on the agenda.

The Board of Directors shall invite the General Authority to hold emergency meetings at any time at the request of any of the following:

1. Ministry.
2. The General Union.
3-Union.
4. Auditors.
Fifteen members of the Assembly are at least 30.
6-Majority of board members.

The topics for which the public body was invited should be reflected in the invitation.
The plenary of the meeting shall not be invited by the above-mentioned bodies under items (4 and 5) of this paragraph to consider any topic that the plenary decided until a full year after its consideration.

The meeting of the General Authority shall be considered valid in the presence of the absolute majority of the members. Otherwise, the meeting should be postponed to another date within the following fifteen days.

2. The second meeting is valid if at least ten or thirty members are present at the meeting.

Decisions shall be taken by a majority of the votes present and in the case of equal likelihood by the side of the President.

Article 12

Each assembly of a board of administration that is administered and represented by a third of its members shall be elected by the public body from among its members by secret ballot for a term of two years, renewable.
In case a member or more of the elected board members and for any reason, the alternative was elected at the first meeting of the public body and the alternative would supplement his predecessor's term in the board of directors.

b. A member of the Board of Directors is required to be members of the Assembly and has the following:

1. Twenty-five years of age.
2-enjoying his civil rights.
3-Not to be sentenced to criminal penalty or imprisonment in one of the offences of honour, honesty or morals unless he has been treated as a criminal offence. 4. Outstanding commitments to the Assembly.
5-Better read and write.

The membership of the Board of Directors shall not be combined with work in it.
It is not an employee of the ministry or one of the lenders.
The associations of those working in those bodies and associations are excluded from this requirement.

Article 13

A member of the Board of Directors shall not vote in the Council if it has a personal interest in the decision before the vote.

No association may contract to do business or provide material or services with any member of its board of directors, which applies to the partners of board members and their relatives up to the fourth degree.

Article 14

Members of the Board of Directors shall be awarded remuneration by decision of the Public Authority in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of this Law. The remuneration of members of the Provisional Board of Directors shall be granted by decision of the Minister.

Article 15

The Governing Council or its delegate shall appoint the staff required for the work of the Assembly and its projects under fixed-term contracts.

Contrary to the laws and regulations in force, the board of directors in any association has the right to decide to terminate the contract of any of its employees on a part-time basis. This does not prejudice the right of the worker to sue for the termination indemnity provided for in the laws and systems in force.
Apart from this, the personnel of the Assembly are regulated by a decision of the Minister at the limits established by the Employment Act No. 91 of 1959 and its amendments.

Article 16

The Assembly has an internal system that includes:

1. Its work area and its headquarters.
2-How to manage their business and business rules.
3-The condition of belonging to the association, the duties and rights of the members and the conditions for their dismissal, withdrawal and recovery of their funds.
4. Enrollment, monthly savings and first payment.
5. The Assembly's resources and sources of funding for its projects, administrative expenses and borrowing assets.
6-Number of members of the Board of Directors, its competence, the manner in which its meetings are held and the election of its members and those who represent it before others.
7. Terms of reference and rules of invitation and meeting dates for the plenary.
8. To determine the contribution of the Association to the financing of the Union and the General Union and the consequent annual payment of members to that purpose.
9-Rules to dissolve the Assembly, liquidate its funds, merge with another association and amend its system, while it is not provided for in this law.

Chapter IV

Financial

Rule 17

The Association has financial and accounting systems and a system of contracts covering all aspects of its activity.

The financial system includes the foundations and rules under which the minimum and higher limits are set at the equivalent of the president and members of the board of directors, their full-time wages, the committees that form them and the compensation of the meetings of the board of directors and the monitoring committee.

Rule 18

The financial year of the Assembly begins on 1 January and ends on the 31st of December, with the exception of the first financial year, which begins from the date of publication of the decision to register it in the Register of Associations in the Ministry and ends on the 31st of December that year.

Rule 19

The Board of Directors shall not:

a. Use of Assembly funds or payments by members other than members of the Assembly.
Non-ad hoc members are required to make payments in excess of monthly contributions for the purchase or construction of land for their benefit.

Rule 20

When a surplus is achieved for the Assembly as a result of the sale of non-residential facilities resulting from its projects, this surplus enters the account of the imports of the association, which is distributed as follows:

1. Legal reserve: 10 %.
2-Stock interest: 10 % in order not to exceed the interest rate determined by the financial system.
3-Union: 3 %.
4-General Union: 2 %.
5. The balance shall be distributed to the members of the Assembly included in its records by the end of the financial year in full proportion of their cash payments, including loan premiums.

Chapter V

Preferences-Housing allocation-registration

Rule 21

Members in each association shall organize a table of preferences in which each member shall be given a serial number by his or her own standing as of the date of the decision of the governing body to accept his or her affiliation.
The preference may not be waived or exchange in which the member shall remain in his or her preferences until the receipt of the accommodation.

Rule 22

A member of the Assembly, according to preference, has the right to subscribe to any project to be implemented by the Assembly.
Each project is organized for a table of the writing of their names according to the sequence of their figures in the preferences table.

b. Following the completion of the construction schemes adopted by the competent municipality or the public institution of the population at the same time, the estimation of the general cost of the project and the determination of the estimated value of each dwelling on a separate basis. The Board of Directors shall invite the office to attend a meeting or public meetings for their allocation of housing, and each office shall be selected in accordance with its role in the library table for which it is suitable for the project.
If the office fails to report after reporting or does not send a legal agent on the basis of which to choose the domicile, the Board of Directors shall give a judgment in this task.
When necessary, members may be invited to assign them to housing according to the sequence of their figures in the preferences table directly without the subscription process.

c. Member when assigned:

1. None of the conditions (c) of Article 5 of this Law have been lost.
2. To have outstanding financial commitments in accordance with the funding plan established by the Governing Council and approved by the General Authority.

The Assembly shall, with the member after the allocation, conclude a contract indicating the status and location of the organ allocated to the member and shall set out in the contract the obligations of the parties.
The contracts mentioned in the Federation are documented and sent a copy to the Ministry within a week of the date of their documentation.

The following shall be held by the Committee and those designated by the rules of procedure and the quorum in respect of their draft regulations:

1-Propose the project financing plan, its implementation style, technical specifications and the certification of its implementation contracts.
2-Decisions on which matters are presented by the Board of Directors.

Rule 23

A: If the final cost of the project is found to have increased or decreased from the estimated cost, the value of the housing that was allocated on its basis increased or decreased by the same proportion.

The accommodation shall be surrendered to the designated residence and the member shall be considered as the owner of the date of receipt.

The residence shall be registered in the name of the member in the real estate or the provisional record and in both cases an insurance shall be placed on the residence in order to ensure that the member implements its financial obligations to the Assembly and to the lender.

If a member who is assigned to a residence or who has received a residence from the Assembly delays the payment of his or her obligations after warning, the allocation shall be cancelled.

The registration in the cadastral register or the provisional record is annulled based on the decision of the Assembly's board of administration as the residence is evacuated by the prosecution service.
The member who cancelled his assignment retains his right to subscription and allocation in the coming projects or in the resident, which is vacated according to his preference.
It shall be invited by the Board of Directors to be replaced by the non-ad hoc and unsubscribed members in accordance with the assets set out in article 22 of this Law.

Rule 24

A member may not waive the housing allocated to it unless the following conditions are provided:

The residence is ready for the knife and the Muslim for the member.
The assigned member has paid the full amount of the domicile.
A mutually exclusive pledge of financial obligations on housing after the closure of the accounts of the project.

An act of residence shall be deemed null and void, contrary to the provisions of this article.

Chapter VI

Joint associations

Rule 25

A: Every three or more associations are entitled to a decision by their public bodies after the ministry agrees to establish a joint association and may not accept individuals from among its members.
The rules of procedure shall determine the resources of the Joint Assembly and its relations with member associations.

The General Assembly of the Joint Assembly shall be composed of three representatives of each Assembly elected by their public bodies as determined by the Assembly's system.

A affiliation to or withdrawal from the Joint Assembly shall be made by a decision of the General Assembly of the Association requesting membership or withdrawal and approval by the General Assembly of the Joint Assembly.

d. The Joint Assembly shall enjoy the rights and privileges enjoyed by the real estate bank in order to recover the funds of its members.

Rule 26

a. The joint associations aim to buy land and equip them with facilities and buildings for public service and housing construction for their member associations.

The Joint Assembly shall be entitled to achieve its objectives set out in the preceding paragraph and with the approval of the Ministry:

1. Construction vacation and supervision over implementation.
2. To purchase the necessary mechanisms, equipment and vehicles for this.

c-If a surplus is achieved for the joint assembly as a result of the sale of the buildings of the services and facilities that are allocated to housing, this surplus will be distributed to member associations in the proportion of their actual payments and within their limits.

Each association shall distribute its share to the members benefiting from the draft joint assembly by the proportion of its actual payments, including the loan premiums paid.

Rule 27

At the end of the term of the assembly or its dissolution, the proceeds of the liquidation of its funds shall be distributed to its member associations in the proportion of their actual payments and within their limits.

Rule 28

Except for the exception of this chapter, the Assembly is considered an association in the application of this law.

Chapter VII

General Federation and Union

Rule 29

The associations within each province have to be a union of residential cooperation in the province and these unions are the general union of residential cooperation in the Syrian Arab Republic.
The Federation and the General Federation enjoy legal personality and financial and administrative autonomy within the limits of this law.

The associations that establish after the unions and the general union are considered to be a member of the association are considered to be the organizations.

The General Union at the level of the Republic and the Union at the governorate level shall be responsible for the following tasks:

1-To spread the call for cooperation, spread the cooperative spirit and encourage citizens to establish associations by various means, including issuing periodical bulletins.
2. To participate in the development of a cooperative housing policy in the country and work to implement its own.
3-Develop the general plan for the residential cooperative sector in the country and follow its implementation and in line with the State's plan in this field.
4. Development of action plans and determination of the responsibility of associations in the field of implementation.
5-Defending the interests of associations and guiding them in managing their business.
6-To study the common and common problems experienced by the residential cooperative sector and to seek appropriate solutions for them with the competent authorities.
7. Participation in the preparation of draft laws and regulations relating to the cooperative housing sector.
8. Audit of associations where appropriate.
9-Haunted a record that includes the number of associations, names of members of each association and their general status.
10-To propose the cancellation of any decision made by public bodies and boards of directors to see it contrary to laws, regulations and cooperation principles.
11. To propose internal, financial, accounting and contract systems for associations.
12. Insurance for all types of publications needed for the residential cooperative sector.
13-The establishment of training courses for the boards of directors of associations and associations and their employees by agreement between the Union and the General Union on the basis of the central planning and the decentralization of implementation.
14-An annual report of the Housing Cooperative Movement.
15-Participation in Arab and international housing cooperative conferences and exchange of relations, experiences, delegations and visits.
16-To work to encourage and advance the Arab cooperation movement for housing.

Rule 30

A Conference of the Union shall consist of one or more representatives from each joint assembly, no more than three, as determined by the rules of procedure of the Union elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years.

The General Conference of the Union shall consist of:

1. Members of the Executive Office of the General Union.
2. All members of the executive offices of the Federation.
3. A number of the complementary members of each Union established by the rules of procedure of the General Union shall increase the number of representatives of any union over (15) representatives. These officers shall be elected with the election of members of the Executive Bureau of the Federation and for the same period.

The Federation and the General Federation each have an executive office defining their powers in their respective rules of procedure and shall form the following form:

1. In the Union: the Executive Office consists of 5-7 members elected by the Conference from among its members.
2. In the General Union: the Executive Office consists of 7-9 members elected by the Conference from among its members.
3. The membership of the Executive Office of the Federation shall not be combined with the General Union.

Rule 31

The Executive Office of the General Union shall establish the rules of procedure of the Federation and the General Union in a way that does not contradict the provisions of this Law and other applicable laws and shall be submitted to the General Conference for approval and issued by the Minister for decision.

b. The rules of procedure of the Federation and the General Union shall determine how it is financed by associations, their relationship to them, the work of the functional and administrative commissions and the system of remuneration and all relating to it, which does not conflict with the powers granted to the General Conference under this Law.

The General Authority of the Union shall be invited during the first half of the fifth month of the year, and the general body of the Union will be invited during the first half of the sixth month of each year.

The Union and the General Union shall apply the provisions of associations in a form that does not contradict the provisions of this Act. The designation of the Executive Office to replace the Governing Council and the designation of the Conference would replace the plenary.

Rule 32

The minister, in agreement with the competent minister on the proposal of the General Union, has to empty one or more members of the executive bureau of the federation and the executive office of the public union from the state, public or joint sector. Full-time for two years is renewable and is considered a full-time period of actual services.

Full-time shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph and its compensation and compensation from the General Union or the Federation, as the case may be.

Chapter VIII

Observation

Rule 33

A. The Ministry will supervise and supervise the residential cooperation sector, including access to its work and verification of its conformity with the laws and systems in force.

The Ministry costs its employees to attend meetings of public bodies and the Ministry determines their duties within the limits of this law. The compensation to which they are entitled to attend these meetings shall be determined and borne by the relevant association and shall not be subject to the maximum limits set forth in Legislative Decree No. 167 of 1963 and its amendments.

Rule 34

At least one year in a year, the accounts of the Assembly shall be audited by at least one or more auditors assigned to the General Authority from the Schedule of Chartered Accountants and shall not delegate such a task to the Board of Directors.
This audit includes examining the books, documents, accounts, inventories and warehouses of the Assembly and the adoption of its budget.

The Board of Directors of each Assembly shall submit such reports to the plenary.

Rule 35

Within the residential cooperative sector, the Ministry shall inform the Ministry of all its decisions within fifteen days of the date of its issuance, or the suspended sentence shall not be considered a suspended sentence.

The ministry has a reasoned decision to stop or cancel any of these decisions if they find it contrary to the provisions of this law or other laws and regulations within 30 days of the date of registration of such decisions in the Ministry of the Ministry.

On the other side, the party whose decision was suspended or cancelled is to challenge this decision before the Court of Appeal in the governorate in which it is based within thirty days of the date of the notification of this decision, or it is considered concluded.

Each member may appeal the decisions of the Board of Directors or the General Authority in accordance with the procedures set out in the preceding paragraph (c).

The Appeals Tribunal shall rule on the appeal expeditiously in the study room and without the invitation of the liabilities and its decision shall be concluded.

Rule 36

Each assembly shall have a control committee composed of three members elected by the plenary, depending on the assets used in the election of the Board of Directors and for the same period as the election of the Board of Directors.

Upon its election, the Committee shall elect a Chairman, and the membership of the Committee shall not be combined with any other work in the Assembly. The observer committee shall be entitled to attend meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees without participating in the voting.

The Monitoring Committee has to verify the conformity of the decisions of the Board of Directors with laws and regulations.
It may propose to the Ministry to cancel any decision taken by the Board of Directors contrary to laws and regulations or to consider it under threat to the entity and interests of the Assembly.

Chapter IX

Associations and liquidation

Rule 37

a decision may be made by the minister to appoint an interim board of assembly from its members to represent the ministry and the federation in case its interests and funds are threatened with loss or in the event that the council has committed one of the acts set forth in article 41 of this law after it has been established with formal investigations. Competent authorities.
Members of the dissolved board of directors and those working in the assembly must take the initiative to hand over the interim council once it has appointed all the funds, records, notebooks and documents of the Assembly.

The Board of Directors shall invite the General Authority to convene within three months of its appointment to discuss the agenda and to elect a new board of directors and if the quorum is not reached during two consecutive meetings, the Assembly may be dissolved by decision of the Minister.

The decision to dissolve the assembly must include the appointment of a liquidators or more, the determination of their wages and the duration of their work. The liquidators are accountable to the Ministry, and the minister may isolate them and appoint others.

The decision to appoint an interim board of administration or dissolve the assembly is subject to appeal by the Court of Appeal in the Assembly's work area within thirty days from the date of its announcement in one of the local newspapers, if any, or in one of the capital's newspapers.

The Appeals Tribunal shall rule on appeal in accordance with paragraph (e) of article 35 of this Law.

Rule 38

The liquidine is to submit to the Ministry and the Federation a report on the results of the liquidation work, including the final account.

The ministry said in one of the local newspapers that it found or in one of the capital's newspapers about the end of the liquidation work and its outcome and the final account of it.

Any member of the Assembly may appeal the results of the liquidation and final account before the Court of Appeal in the Assembly's work area within 30 days of the date of the declaration. The Appeals Tribunal shall separate the appeal in the Chamber of Appeal and without the invitation of the opponents and its decision shall be concluded.

The right to file a personal liability claim against the liquidists or against board members due to the liquidation work at the end of a year on the date of the announcement of the liquidation results and the closing account.

Rule 39

The amount of money from the liquidation is not more distributed to the members than they actually did from the value of their shares.

Also, no payment may be made to them in excess of payments or deposits due to them by the Assembly. If something remains after this distribution, it will be transferred to the Union account in the governorate where the seat of the liquidated Assembly is located.

Chapter X

Violations, penalties and cases

Rule 40

With no violation of the most severe penalties provided for in the laws in force, imprisonment is punishable by imprisonment up to six months and a fine up to 2000 L.L. Each of the founders, board members, directors, auditors, liqupositions and employees of the Assembly shall be established if they commit one of the following actions:

(a) Forging the schedule of member preferences and allocating housing members, contrary to the provisions of the law.
(b) Modification of the construction vacation schemes by which members have been selected for a fundamental amendment that affects their rights and without their consent.
The sale of building materials to the Association despite the need for them when selling them.
Continued membership of the Board of Directors and the Control Commission after the expiration of its term unless there are compelling reasons or emergency conditions.
(e) Obtain and dispose of construction materials on behalf of the Society other than the Assembly's projects for the purpose of achieving a personal profit.
The use of material from the association's funds to build some houses is more expensive and expensive than the materials used in the project without registering the value difference in the Assembly's records and restrictions.
g. payment, payment of wages, compensation or remuneration contrary to the law.
They will be used to monitor the implementation of the works and use construction materials according to the approved specifications for projects that lead to the weakening and cracking of construction.
Implementation of the decisions of the Board of Directors and the General Authority notwithstanding its cancellation.
The books or records of the Assembly are falsified.

Rule 41

A call to be made by a majority of two-thirds of those present against the Board of Directors or any of its members during its term of office shall be established by the Monitoring Committee without violating the right of any member of the Assembly to establish a personal invitation at any time.

The president and members of the board, or any of the members of the assembly, are dismissed from membership if he is sentenced for having committed one of the acts punishable under articles 40 and 41 of this law.

Rule 42

Imprisonment until the year:

Members of boards of directors whose term of office has expired or dismissed from the Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the preceding article and have abstained or delayed without an acceptable justification for handing over the records of the Assembly and its movable and immovable property to their successor.

1. Anyone who seizes a residence from the Assembly or any property that is not entitled to property or to take a residence assigned to a member of the Assembly shall be considered a rapist and shall be removed from the residence or property referred to in the decision of the General Prosecutor's Board of Directors.

2-Members of the Board of Directors who are lax in applying the provisions of this paragraph.

Rule 43

The Assembly shall bear the expenses and compensation to be awarded to the Assembly for the commission of any of the acts referred to in article 41 of the present law and the authority of the public body to return it to the offender.

Chapter XI

Exemptions

Rule 44

The residences established by associations with no more than 130 square metres of housing enjoy the following exemptions:

1. Exemptions prescribed for associations under article 3 of the President of the Republic Act No. 91 of 1958 and other laws in force.
2-The building permits for building fees and stamps.
3-Taxes on property taxes for seven years, starting from the first fiscal year that follows the date of their building permit or what is legally established.

Chapter XII

General and transitional provisions

Rule 45

A: Every member of his or her affiliation to the Assembly must specify and his/her responsibility to inform him of all correspondence addressed to him by the Assembly and to inform the Assembly about any change in this place in the future.

The member must be informed of all invitations to attend meetings of the public body or for subscription to projects or to attend the accommodation sessions, either in writing directly and either with an open postcard sent to his chosen home. Also, in the same way, every claim or an ultimatum issued to the member, resulting in a failure to respond to them, shall be lost to their membership in the association or its right to subscribe, to specialize in housing or to receive it.

If some members cannot be notified of one of these methods, they will be invited or called for by an advertisement published in a local newspaper, and if there is no one in a newspaper in the capital, 15 days before it is due to be set.

As for the announcement of the call for the meeting of the public body in the newspapers, it shall be general for the other members of the Assembly without mentioning their names and publishing at the same time, in addition to one of the two reporting methods referred to in this paragraph.

Rule 46

From the records of the Assembly by a decision of the Board of Directors, the member who received his/her residence and paid full of his financial obligations to the Assembly shall be removed from the records of the Assembly and shall be transferred to the table of beneficiaries.

Rule 47

The provisions of the Law No. 91 of 1958 and its amendments are not in conflict with the provisions of this law.

Rule 48

A: The beneficiaries of a project or building are entitled to form a body that will help the board of directors in all matters required by the implementation of the project as soon as possible and the specifications that suit them and elect a committee to represent them before the council. This body and its committee shall have an internal system which the Union or the Public Union is a model for and is adopted by the Ministry.

It is the right of the occupants to form a legal entity that is not subject to registration or publishing. It is represented by an administrative committee which sets out the rules of procedure, which are considered by the Ministry of the General and adopted by the ministry, to ensure the administration of construction facilities or project buildings in the same area and to secure their common services.

(c) Decisions issued by the Beneficiaries or the Commission and its Committee shall be binding upon all members and receive the necessary funds to carry out their duties in the same manner as the Assembly's funds.

Rule 49

This law is not subject to tourist and selection associations, which do not target the ownership of buildings or houses for their members. The right of supervision belongs to the Ministry of Tourism.

The tourism and selection projects initiated by associations prior to its entry into force are excluded from the provisions of article 4 of this Law.

It is also excluded from the provisions of article 5, including those members who have subscribed to such projects prior to that date and do not benefit from the exemptions provided for in article 45 of this Law.

Rule 50

In addition to the provisions of this law, the Minister shall, on the proposal of the General Union, establish the internal, accounting, financial and contract systems to which each residential cooperative sector is subject.

Rule 51

The Minister shall make the necessary decisions to implement the provisions of this Act.

Rule 52

The provisions in violation of this law shall be repealed and the residential cooperative sector is settled in accordance with its provisions within a maximum period of six months after its entry into force without prejudice to the acquired rights of associate members of associations prior to the date of its entry into force and did not obtain any cooperative housing.

Rule 53

This law is published in the Official Journal.

Damascus on 5/6/1401 A.H., 9/4, 1981.

President

Hafez al-Assad

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