President
Based on the Constitution

As approved by the People's Assembly at its 20th meeting, / 12 / 1429 A.H., 18 / 12 / 2008 M.

The following are issued:

Section I

Definitions:

Article 1:

The following definitions in the application of the provisions of this Law shall mean the meanings set out below.
Law: The Law of Companies, Offices and Agencies of Companies, Institutions and Foreign Bodies.
Ministry of Economy and Trade
Minister: Minister of Economy and Trade
Directorate: Directorate for the registration of branches, offices and agencies of companies, institutions and bodies
Its main centres are outside the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Register: Register of foreign branches, offices and agencies of the Ministry.
Registrar: The worker responsible for the record.
Foreign legal person: Company, enterprise or body whose main status is outside the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Company or organization: funds companies, individuals and individual institutions regardless of their activity.
Authority: Organization or organization of administrative or service character outside the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, which does not engage in commercial or industrial activity, whether it is a profit or not a profit.
Section: Special status of the foreign legal person in Syria to operate under its commercial address or commercial name.
Temporary office: The office of the company or the foreign enterprise registered to carry out a single contract in Syria and the registration ends with the expiration of the contract or the duration of one year, whichever is shorter.
Division: Branch Division.
Regional Office: the special status of the foreign legal person in Syria, through which it manages its activities and activities outside Syrian territory.
Representation Office: The office of the company, the institution or the foreign body registered to represent it in Syria without the right to exercise any major activity in the Syrian territory.
General Manager: General manager of the branch or office.
Director: Division Director, Branch.
Commercial agency: The contract of attorney managed between the company or the company and a natural or legal person registered in the commercial register in Syria and deposited with the Executive Directorate.
The client: the foreign legal person produced, manufacturer, exporter or commercial service provider and who takes a commercial agent in Syria.
Commercial agent: The person adopted by the client to be an agent or representative in Syria or a distributor of his products, whether he is an agent in commission or any other exchange, or was working for his or her account for selling what he imports from client products or for the client's account.
Commercial mediation: a person mediating between two parties to conduct contracts or facilitate the holding of commercial transactions and their forks without carrying them.
Commercial intermediary: A person who acts as a business broker between two parties is a product, distributor or registered source outside of Syria in exchange for the conclusion of a contract or facilitating its conclusion in commercial transactions without being a party to this contract or a subordinate to any of its parties.

Section II:

Registration of foreign legal persons:

Article 2

Foreign companies, institutions or bodies may request registration in accordance with one of the following forms:
1. Branch.
2. Temporary Office.
3. Representation office.
4. Regional Office.

Chapter I:
(Child Registry):

Article 3

1. A foreign legal person shall not engage in his or her main activity or shall establish any business in Syria or establish a branch or office unless it is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Law and after obtaining a permit to work under the laws and regulations in force.
2. The registration shall determine the form of the legal person and the activity authorized by the person in Syria.
3. Companies or institutions in which Governments of States make or participate in a contribution and governmental bodies are registered after obtaining the approval of the Prime Minister upon the Minister's proposal.

Article 4

The foreign legal person shall submit the application for registration of a branch or office to the Ministry, including the following information:
1. Name and commercial address.
2. His nationality and place of establishment.
3. Legal form.
4. His main centre and home.
5. Type of registration.
6. Objectives to be carried out in Syria.
7. Its capital if it is a corporation or an institution and excludes non-profit bodies and companies.
8. Status or temporary selected home of the branch or office.
9. The people, if any, and their home.
10. Name, nationality and chosen home of the Director General in Syria.
11. Name of the person authorized to follow up on the registration procedure of the Directorate.
12. Electronic address of the foreign legal person.
13. Detailed data on partners in persons companies or members of the Board of Directors in funds companies.
14. Name of the auditor of the accounts of the foreign legal person.
15. Name of the Inspector of Accounts of Syria.
The application for registration shall be signed by the official in charge of the Directorate or by the competent writer of the competent person by the person authorized to register the foreign legal person.

Article 5

It is attached to the request to register the branch or bureau documents and documents certified by the competent authorities in the State where the foreign legal person is registered, in addition to their ratification by the Syrian Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Syria and translated into Arabic by a juror of a juror:
1. A copy of the contract for the establishment of the corporation, the institution, the instrument of the establishment of the Authority and its statute, or the assets of a certified representative.
2. The decision of the board of directors of the company, the institution or the body to effect the branch or office with the statement of its association.
3. Certificate of registration of a foreign legal person in the commercial register or in his or her sentence.
4. A copy of the Agency under which a foreign legal person is appointed by a person residing in Syria as the general manager of the branch or office and delegated to him or her on his behalf.
5. Document proving that the capital of the company or the enterprise paid at least 50 million Syrian pounds or its equivalent in other currencies is signed by the Commissioner by signing and duly certified, and the Minister has amended the amount of capital.
6. Excluded from the requirement mentioned in the fifth paragraph above are foreign non-profit bodies and institutions. 7. Financial statements for the last financial year of the legal person at its main centre certified by a statutory auditor.
8. Book of authorization for the person designated by the foreign legal person to follow the registration procedure.

Article 6:

1. The following acts or some of them are considered to be the establishment of a permanent establishment and the practice of commercial or service activity in Syria, to name a few examples.
-Appointment of workers paid or paid by the foreign legal person.
-Direct by implementing contracts that require services or supplies and mixed services in Syria, which exclude contracts that do not exceed six months, and supply operations or services that lead outside Syria.
-Sending experts to work in Syria for more than six months.
-Purchase or investment of real estate in the name of the foreign legal person.
-Registration of the foreign legal person in the telephone directory.
-Take a mailbox or wire address in the name of the foreign legal person.
2. Public and private persons may not complete the contractual processes with any foreign legal person contrary to the provisions of article III, paragraph 1, of this Law that public and private persons can obtain a pledge from the foreign legal person within one month of the date of submission Commit and comply with the provisions of Article III of this Law.

Chapter II:
(Registration of the provisional bureau):

Article 7

1. Foreign companies or institutions with fixed-term contracts with public or private entities may register a temporary office in Syria after obtaining the Minister's approval.
2. The registration and closure of the Office shall be written off by the end of the full implementation of the enterprise or institution and the liquidation of its rights and obligations.
3. The Company or the Enterprise may request the transfer of the provisional registration of the Office to a subsidiary in the event of new contracts.

Article 8

The Directorate shall issue a certificate of registration for the temporary office for a period of one year, renewable once.

Article 9:

The Company or the foreign enterprise shall be responsible for all the obligations of the Interim Office and shall not prejudice the write-off of the registration of the rights of public or private entities in Syria that it has acquired in connection with the implementation of the contract.

Article 10:

The company or foreign enterprise may lease the real estate for its business in accordance with the laws and regulations in force and for a period not exceeding the temporary office registration period.

Article 11

A branch or office of the foreign legal person is home to it for its activity within Syria.

Chapter III:
(Report of the Representation Office):

Article 12:

1. A foreign legal person may apply to register a representative office in Syria.
2. The purpose of the Office of the Representation shall be to promote the activity of the foreign legal person and the public relations and to conduct contacts with other Syrian institutions and companies in order to investigate the information of interest to its main activity.
3. The Representation Office may provide technical support to the products and contracts of the parent company or institution.
4. A representative office shall not engage in any commercial activity under the penalty of writing off its registration.

Article 13:

The Representation Office shall not exercise any action in Syria prior to obtaining the authorization of the competent bodies in accordance with the laws and regulations in force and that the Director of the Office shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Article 14:

1. Companies and foreign financial and banking institutions may request the registration of a representative office in Syria after they have received the approval of the competent bodies and bodies.
2. The registration and operation of companies and foreign financial and banking institutions shall be subject to the conditions and conditions established by and under the supervision and supervision of the bodies and entities concerned.
3. The interests of the company or foreign financial or banking institution shall be sponsored by the representative office without the purpose of making a profit and for it to do so shall:
a. Transfer of commercial information allowed to be consulted or deployed from Syria to the entity represented by the Office.
b. Strengthen the link and deal between UNOPS, banks and local financial firms. c. Provision of advice to the entity represented by the Office and its clients abroad on investment opportunities in Syria.
d. To carry out mediation activities and procedures between any destination in Syria and foreign companies to facilitate banking activities.
e. To pursue the interests and actions of the entity that represents it and related to any loans, advances or assistance provided by that entity, or any financial or other foreign banking, to any legal person or natural person in Syria.
4.a. Offices representing foreign companies and financial and banking institutions shall not carry out work or practice any activity that damages the economy or the Syrian economic security or any interests of the State under penalty of penal and civil liability and returns to the judiciary The damage in addition to the write-off and closure of the office of representation by decision of the Minister, acting on the proposal of the Directorate and in coordination with or at the request of the relevant oversight body.
b. The Minister requested that the public action be moved to the detriment of the national economy.

Chapter IV
(Registration of the regional office)

Article 15:

1. Foreign legal persons may request registration of a regional office in Syria.
2. The regional office must be directly linked to the main centre.
3. Regional offices shall not engage in any business or commercial operation inside Syria, including the work of agents and commercial intermediaries, under penalty of removal and liability for compensation for damage or loss to which they have been incurred.
4. The Regional Office shall be considered as a designated home for the foreign legal person for the communication of all decisions, papers, warnings and case notes.

Article 16:

If the Regional Office has exercised any commercial operation in Syria or contravenes the provisions of this law and the laws and regulations in force, the Minister is entitled to the Directorate's proposal to write off his registration.

Chapter V:
(Director-General):

Article 17

1. The Director-General shall be either a natural person of Syrian Arab nationality or a legal person represented by a natural person in Syria that all partners shall be of Syrian Arab nationality and that the Director-General may be a natural person other than Syrian Arab nationality Condition to get minister approval.
2. The Director-General shall have a selected country in Syria and the headquarters of the branch or office shall be considered to be the country selected upon completion of its registration.

Article 18:

1. Upon appointment, the Director-General shall have the power to arrest, exchange, contract and sign any instrument relating to acts used by the foreign legal person under its registration, as well as the right to represent it with public or private entities and the courts of Syria.
2. The Director-General shall be the representative of the foreign legal person and its branches abroad to all parts of the Syrian Arab Republic and shall be fully responsible for all actions and actions of the branch or office.
3. Any work done by the Director-General or a communication on behalf of the branch or office shall be regarded as binding legal procedure of the foreign legal person.
4. The Director General may appoint another person to some of his powers if he or she may be authorized by the foreign legal person, provided that the agent has all the conditions required by the Director-General under the provisions of this Act.
5. The foreign legal person shall be liable for the work of the branch or office and all obligations that it arrangshall.

Article 19:

In the event that the Director General's position is vacant or for any other reason the foreign legal person shall:
1. Inform the Registrar within 30 days of the vacancy date of the Centre.
2. To appoint a successor to him within 60 days at most.
3. The Minister may prevent the Branch or the Bureau from following up his work in the event of a breach of these two conditions by a decision to be issued until the appointment of the successor shall be made.

Article 20:

1. The Director-General shall submit a statement to the Registrar at the effect of any division of his/her full address and attach an instrument to appoint a manager to be a natural person of Syrian Arab nationality or a commercial company represented by a natural person in Syria and has a centre or branch in a centre area Division for all partners or contributors to be of Syrian Arab nationality.
2. The Registrar shall without authority in the registration sheet of the branch and shall submit the registration certificate within seven days of the date of submission of the permit and its annexes.
3. The certification shall be placed at an apparent location at the Division headquarters.
4. The Director-General shall make a statement to the Registrar of each amendment to the headquarters of the branch, its divisions or the office within seven days of the date of the amendment.
5. The Registrar under closed division is removed from the registration sheet of the branch.
6. The certificate of write-off is published in the Official Journal and at the expense of the branch
7. The Registrar of the Register is without the title of the new headquarters in the registration sheet.

Chapter VI:
(Registration of foreign legal person):

Article 21:

1. A subsidiary or office of a foreign legal person shall register after ascertaining that the documents and legal proceedings are completed in the private register within thirty days of the submission of the registration application and shall be granted a certificate of registration for the specified fee.
2. If the period specified in the preceding paragraph has expired without giving a certificate of registration for reasons attributable to the Ministry's discretion, the foreign legal person shall be entitled to file an objection to the Minister, who shall be separated within thirty days from the date of submission and shall inform the foreign legal person in writing of the outcome of his objection.
3. The certificate of registration of a branch or office shall be subject to publication in the Official Gazette and the expense of the foreign legal person.
4. The title of the section or office must be stated in all publications and communications issued by them.
5. A registration certificate or a certified copy must be placed in an apparent place in a branch or office of the foreign legal person in Syria.
6. The Branch, the divisions and its offices must place a painting on behalf of the foreign legal person in Arabic and foreign languages outside the buildings in which their offices are located and on their doors.

Article 22:

1. A legal person in accordance with the provisions of this Law shall enjoy legal personality in the Syrian Arab Republic from the date of registration of the legal person in accordance with the present law.
2. Branch or office may not represent other foreign companies or institutions.

Article 23:

1. A foreign legal person may send a statement to the Ministry for each amendment in his or her statutes and every increase or decrease in his or her capital and every turnover in the person of his or her general manager in the Syrian Arab Republic.
2. Attach a certified copy of the decision of the General Authority of the Foreign Legal Person by amendment or power of attorney containing the appointment of the new Director-General and an image of the commercial record or in its judgment that all such documents shall be signed by or from the President of the Governing Council and certified by the President of the Board of Directors Assets.
3. The attached documents and documents shall be subject to the conditions and conditions to which the supporting documents submitted shall be subject to the registration of the section or office.
4. The Registrar shall make a reference to the amendments in the registration sheet of the branch or office.

Article 24:

A registered foreign legal person must submit a written statement to the Directorate containing the address of its centre in Syria and the addresses of its people in accordance with the provisions of this law and with every change in these titles and their publication in the official gazette after the payment of the specified fee.

Chapter VII:
(duties of branches and offices of foreign legal persons):

Article 25:

1. The branches of foreign companies and companies operating in Syria must maintain independent accounts of their operations in Syria, including the budget, the calculation of profits and losses and their counter in accordance with international accounting standards and the regulation of compulsory trade books in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act.
2-The branches of foreign companies should appoint auditors from the offices and auditing companies accredited in Syria.
3. The branches of foreign companies and institutions registered to submit to the Directorate within 90 days of the end of each financial year shall submit their annual budgets and the calculation of profits and losses on their work in the Syrian Arab Republic certified by an office or an audit firm.
4. The branches and temporary offices of foreign companies and institutions shall submit their financial statements to the competent financial services within the established legal deadlines pursuant to the laws and regulations in force. 5. The branch of the company or foreign enterprise shall publish its budgets and account for the profits and losses of its work in Syria in two daily newspapers.
6. The branches of foreign companies and institutions retain commercial notebooks for five years after the cancellation of their registration.
The company may choose to maintain these notebooks with its legal agent.

Article 26:

A foreign company may not raise its shares or its loan bonds for public subscription in the Syrian Arab Republic except with the approval of the Minister, the Securities and the Financial Markets Authority.

Article 27:

1. A subsidiary or office of a foreign company shall not employ any person who holds Syrian Arab nationality only after obtaining a business card from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour.
2. Non-Syrian workers whose employment contracts are concluded outside of Syria are not subject to registration in social security.

Article 28:

1. The Director-General shall if the branch or office has ceased its business definitively or if the foreign legal person has been dissolved for any reason for legal dissolution or an bankrupt or closed the submission to the Registrar of the incident with the request to remove the branch or office within 30 days of the occurrence of the incident.
2. In case of a merger of the alien legal person with another company or any change in the legal form of the person, the Director-General shall make a statement within sixty days of the date of merger to align the conditions of the branch or office with the provisions of this Act.

Article 29:

Amendments entered into by a foreign legal person shall not apply to the instrument of incorporation, statute or any amendments to its branch, divisions, office or other changes for contractors in Syria until it has been published in the Official Journal.

Article 30:

The branches and offices of foreign legal persons should mention in their correspondence, bills and other publications the name, legal form and capital of the foreign legal person in the State of registration, the title of its special status in Syria and the addresses of its people, if any, and the registration number of the Directorate.

Article 31:

Everyone shall be entitled to familiarize themselves with the restrictions listed in the Register and the documents stored in the Chamber in their additional information and to obtain certified copies of these documents and statements for the specified fee.

Article 32:

The centre of the branch or office shall be considered a valid legal home for the communication of all documents and warnings in respect of any dispute or treatment relating to the foreign legal person, branch, office or division, and the seat of the Special Division shall remain a valid home for the work of the Division.

Article 33:

1. When a branch or office has ceased its work, the Director-General shall submit a final certificate of innocence to the Registrar of the public with which he or she has been a contractor.
2. The Director-General shall publish a declaration in two daily newspapers in the capital and at the centre of the branch, if any and at least twice within the 30 days following the submission of the permit and the request for write-off, stating that the branch or office has ceased its work and that it will be removed from the register of persons The foreign legal persons are inviting the rights holders to review the branch with regard to these rights.
3. The Registrar shall write off the registration of a subsidiary, office or foreign enterprise ninety days after the date of submission and the request for write-off.
4. The Registrar shall deliver to the Commissioner of the company or institution the document that has been written off the branch or office
5. A certificate of write-off is published in the Official Journal at the expense of the branch or office.
6. The removal of the registration of a branch or office does not imply the innocence of the company or organization towards any destination.
7. The Director-General and the Director shall act on behalf of the foreign legal person in all related to the liquidation of the work of the branch, office or division, which is managed unless the foreign legal person is appointed, adding that the last resident of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Section III
(Agents and commercial intermediaries):

Article 34

1. A person may exercise agency or mediation in Syria only if it is registered in the register of agents and intermediaries of the Ministry.
2. An agent and mediator must be a natural Arab Syrian resident in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic or an enterprise company represented by a natural person in Syria, and all contributors or their partners are Syrian Arabs.

Article 35:

1. The application for registration of an Agency contract or mediation shall be submitted to the Registrar within sixty days of the date of the contract according to the model adopted by the Ministry.
2. The registration application must contain the following data:
a. Name of the company or foreign enterprise and its commercial address.
b. Their nationality and place of establishment.
c. Its main centre and its full address.
-No purpose.
e. Her commercial record number.
f. Subject of agency contract, mediation, funds and services covered by the Agency or mediation.
g. Statement of amount of remuneration or commission.
h. Type, duration and work area of the agent and assets of renewal or cancellation.
i-agent name or broker and commercial address.
j-Agent or broker centre and address.
k. Agent or broker's commercial record number and place of registration.
l-tax number of agent or broker.
m. Any other useful statements relating to the agent, agency or mediation.
3. Attach to the request for registration of the Agency's contract or mediation:
a. A picture of the contract certified as assets and translated into Arabic by Turjman, a juror in Syria.
b. A copy of the business register of the company or of the entrusted institution.

Article 36:

The agent or intermediary requires that the registration be directly related to the foreign company or institution or its subsidiary, as the ministry may consent to the registration of the agent or intermediary associated with a public agent of the company or institution, including the agency of several States.

Article 37:

1. The Registrar shall register the contract of the Agency or mediation after ascertaining the completion of the request and supporting documents in the Register of Agencies and Mediation of Foreign Companies and Institutions for the specified fee.
2. The Registrar shall issue a certificate of agency registration or mediation and hand it to the agent or mediator within seven days of the date of submission of the registration application and the completion of the supporting documents.
3. If the period specified without granting a certificate of registration for reasons attributable to the Ministry's discretion to the Ministry of Registration has expired, it shall submit an objection to the Minister and shall approve or reject the registration within thirty days of the date of submission of the request for objection.

Article 38:

1. An agent, a mediator, or a person acting in law or heirs in case of death shall apply for the registration of each amendment or change in the data contained in the registration application or the contract of attorney within thirty days of the date of the amendment.
2. An agent who shall cease to practice or terminate the contract of his/her agency shall notify the Registrar within thirty days of the date of his or her termination or the termination of the Agency's contract requesting that his registration be written off or that his agency is registered.
3. A interrupted mediator shall report to the Registrar not later than thirty days after the date of interruption of his or her failure to write off his or her registration.
4. The Registrar shall change the emergency amendment to the Certificate of Amendment to the Registration of Agency or Mediation after it meets the fee.
5. The agent or mediator shall not make an allegation of emergency amendments to his agency or mediation if he or she does not register with the Ministry.

Article 39:

1. An agent or a person acting on a law or inherited status in the event of his or her death upon dissolution of the contract of the Agency for any reason may apply to the Ministry for the documents supporting the removal of the Agency in the register of agents and intermediaries within sixty days of the date of dissolution or death or The sunset.
2. To the Ministry if it is established that a reason for the write-off of the Agency, after notification of a registered letter of attendance at a maximum of 60 days to hear their objection to the positive cause of the medical reason, has been notified of the same way of attendance, which has been notified again in the same manner as to be attendance at a maximum of 60 days. Another day, if they repeat their failure to attend, the ministry may write off the restriction on its own.
3. The Agency shall continue to be held with heirs if provided.

Article 40:

Information and data relating to the name of the agent, mediator, agency or mediation, registration number and date of registration or cancellation of the agency may be obtained or cancelled after payment of the specified fee.

Article 41:

The contract of the agency or mediation is in the interest of the joint contractors.

Article 42:

1. None of the parties to an agency that is not registered in accordance with the provisions of this Law shall have any advantages to granting them the law to the person or to the agent except that the third party may initiate proceedings on the basis of an unregistered agency if it is proven to exist on a realistic basis.
2. A person who acts as a mediator against any of the parties to a contract who has acted as a mediator shall not be heard unless it is registered in the registry.

Article 43:

The commercial agent must ...
1. Provision of spare parts, tools, materials, accessories, aftershocks and maintenance centres for products and durable goods that are imported or services provided by its business agency.
2. Securing the necessary maintenance of products and ensuring the quality of the manufacture and conditions established by the producers on an ongoing basis throughout the duration of the agency.
3. To respect the conditions and conditions of warranty documents submitted by the client on products and services subject to the contract of the Agency.
4. Maintain purchase invoices and all documents related to the cost of shipping, transportation, insurance and customs duties for at least five years from the date of their local consumption.

Article 44:

1. A natural or legal person may not claim to be an agent or intermediary of a company or institution or benefit from such status in its dealings and correspondence with public authorities, the judiciary or commercial establishments, unless it is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
2. The agent shall state the registration number of the agency in all communications and invoices issued in this capacity.

Article 45:

1. The contract of attorney is considered to be governed by the relationship between the company or the institution and the agent and that its dissolution by the client without fault of the agent allows the agent in spite of each contrary agreement to claim compensation before the competent court for the harm suffered and what he has missed from the profit.
2. The agent or intermediary registered in accordance with the provisions of this Law shall enjoy the protection and care granted by the laws in force in Syria.

Article 46:

In implementation of the provisions of article 44 of this Law, the client and the new agent are responsible and in solidarity with the purchase of what the former agent of the Agency has included in the price of cost or at the price of the domestic market, whichever is less and the fulfilment of all obligations arising from the contract of the Agency. The former, in particular, is contained in article 44 of this Law.

Section IV
(Sanctions):

Article 47:

1. If the foreign legal person, office or branch of the foreign legal person or his or her activity in Syria commenced prior to the completion of the registration procedures, the persons who have entered this activity shall be responsible for it personally and in the face of solidarity and solidarity.
2. The public or private entity that contracts a foreign legal person or facilitates the exercise of its primary activity or any commercial activity in Syria contrary to the provisions of article III of this Law shall be responsible for the solidarity and solidarity of its work.

Article 48:

The Ministry of Public Prosecutions is required to institute proceedings in the competent courts for the right of every company, institution or agent against them in this law when they violate its provisions and that the court rules to stop the company or enterprise in Syria, or to stop the agent's business, unless it has aligned itself with the law. The provisions of this Act.

Article 49:

Taking into account the special provisions of the Penal Code, a monetary fine of not less than 100,000 Syrian pounds, and no more than 200,000 Syrian pounds, is punishable under articles 13, 23.1, 2, 28-1.2, 33.1-2 and 39-1 of this law.

Article 50:

Fifty thousand Syrian pounds are fined the branch or office, which contravenes paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article XXI of this Law.

Article 51:

The branch or office, which contravenes the provisions of the first paragraph of article 27 of this law, is fined three times the annual fee of the business card and the request by the competent authorities to terminate the residence of the offending person.

Article 52:

At 200 thousand Syrian pounds, each manager of a branch, an office or an agent, is informed of a decision to stop the foreign legal person or agency in Syria in accordance with the provisions of this law and subordinate such acts.

Article 53:

Taking into account the special provisions of the Penal Code that are fined 100,000 Syrian pounds, everyone who gave a statement of the data provided for in this law is contrary to the truth.

Article 54:

In addition to the penalties provided for in this Act, the Minister may order the entry into law of foreign legal persons who have branches or agencies in Syria with a decision to be issued in one of the following cases:
1. If they violate laws and regulations relating to the public order or violate the foreign legal person or general manager, they are in breach of its statute.
2. If they abstain from the execution of a judicial judgement that is acquired by the courts of the Syrian Arab Republic.
3. If necessary for public security or for the national interest.

Article 55:

Without prejudice to any penalty stipulated by any other law, a fine shall be punishable by a fine not less than 300,000 Syrian pounds and no more than 600,000 Syrian pounds. Any person who contravenes the provisions of articles XVI and the second paragraph of article 22 of this law, and if he does not remove the violation, does not have the right to remove the violation. The Minister has the Minister's proposal to write off his registration.

Article 56:

1. The Registrar shall write off the writing of the agent or intermediary in the following cases:
a. If the recording is found to have been based on incorrect data.
b. If the Agency is abolished or mediation for any reason.
2. The agent or broker shall be notified by mail registered of any of the write-off decisions mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article within fifteen days of the date of issuance of the cancellation decision.

Article 57:

Without prejudice to any penalty stipulated by any other law, a fine of not less than 100,000 Syrian pounds and no more than 300 thousand Syrian pounds shall be punished by:
1. The Directorate or any official State party has provided incorrect data regarding the registration, amendment or change of the Agency.
2. He has claimed correspondence or publications related to his business or declared by any means to declare that he is an agent or an intermediary without being registered.
3. He has failed to register his agency in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
4. contravened the provisions of articles 34-38 of this Law.

Article 58:

Every agreement or a secret contract aimed at evading the application of the provisions of this law, both or part, is null and void and has no effect on contractors or against others, and punishes it with a monetary fine of 200,000 Syrian pounds.

Section V:
(General provisions):

Article 59:

The competent Syrian courts shall be competent in each dispute arising from the application of this law.

Article 60:

1. It is up to the Civil Start Court to decide on the differences between the Branch or the Office and the contractors engaged in Syria, whether natural or legal persons.
2. In the event of any disagreement between the subsidiary or office of the company or the foreign enterprise and one of the contracting public bodies, the decision in this dispute shall be returned to the administrative court.

Article 61:

1. The Ministry has the right to monitor the work of branches and offices registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act in order to verify the implementation of the stipulated provisions and the Minister to order the officials of the Directorate who have the status of the judicial officer to be informed of the accounts of the branch or office, and to request what they see to achieve their mission of data. The records and documents of the branch or office, taking into account professional confidentiality.
2. The Ministry may request the removal of the registration of a branch or office if it is established or is in activity contrary to the provisions of this Act and is returned to the competent civil court to adjudicate this request.
3. The officials designated by the Minister in the Ministry are authorized by decision of the Minister of Justice to regulate the octopus, which is contrary to the provisions of this law.
4. The workers referred to in paragraph (3) of this article are sworn in as "I swear by God to do my job honestly and honestly."
5. The oath of office shall be performed by the President of the Civil Start Court.

Article 62:

1. The branches, offices and agencies of foreign companies, institutions and bodies that are not non-commercial are registered in the register after obtaining the necessary approvals and licenses from the competent authorities and in accordance with the provisions of the laws and regulations in force.
2. Competent bodies shall have the right to control the work of branches, offices and agencies of foreign companies, institutions and bodies and in accordance with the laws and resolutions in force.

Article 63:

1. To end the work of Legislative Decree No. 151 of 1952 and its amendments.
2. All branches and agencies registered prior to the promulgation of this Act shall comply with their status in accordance with their provisions within ninety days of the date of its entry into force.

Article 64:

1. The fee schedule attached to this Act shall be used to meet the registration and amendment fees of both branches and agencies of foreign legal persons and all other fees that this Act has brought to be met.
2. These fees may be amended by a decision of the Council of Ministers when necessary.

Article 65:

This Law is published in the Official Gazette and operates 30 days after the date of publication.
Damascus in 26-12-1429 A.H., 412-12-2008, AD.

President
Bashar al-Assad

Lawyer Naam Al-Masri