In application of the provisions of this Resolution, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings ascribed thereto, unless the context requires otherwise:
State: United Arab Emirates.
Authority: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Port Security.
Chairman: Chairman of the Authority.
Foreigner: Anyone who does not have the nationality of the State.
Services: Transactions carried out by the Authority to meet the needs of service recipients.
System: The electronic system through which the Authority services are provided.
System Users: All government agencies, establishments and individuals who obtain the services provided through the system.
Service Recipient: Relevant auditors or their representatives from all government agencies, establishments and individuals.
Establishment: Any institution or company licensed under the applicable legislation to engage in any economic, service, professional, craft, agricultural or other activity.
Civil Facts: Elements of an individual civil status that relate to the following: Birth, marriage, divorce, death, and any other event determined by the Chairman.
Identity Card: A card issued in accordance with the provisions of the law with a unified number, and it shall include the data necessary to determine the identity of its holder and shall contain visible and invisible data that shall be stored electronically within the electronic Sharia that it contains.

Financial fines shall be imposed for the violations listed in the Annex to this Resolution.

1. The Authority shall collect the fines mentioned in this resolution in accordance with the collection mechanism after coordination with the Minister of Finance in this regard.
2. The collected fines shall be deposited in the account of the unified state treasury, and they shall be monitored in accordance with the criteria set by the Ministry of Finance for this purpose.
 

1. The following categories shall be exempted from the fines stipulated in this Resolution:
    a. An individual who has left the State and has been outside the State for more than (3) three months, and his identity card has expired after the date of his departure from the State.
    b. An individual whose residence or identity card has expired after deportation by order, administrative resolution, or court ruling, or whose passport has been seized pending cases, provided that this shall be proven by a letter or receipt issued by the competent authorities that expelled him or arrested him in pending cases.
    c. An individual who has not been issued an identity card for the period before obtaining the citizenship of the State and before obtaining the family book.
2. The Chairman or his Authorised Representative may be exempted from all or some of the fines stipulated in Article (2) of this resolution based on considerations of the humanitarian circumstance of the situation or any other reasons he deems appropriate.

In all events, all cases of exemption mentioned in Article (4) of this resolution shall be included in the Authority electronic system, which shall be approved by the Chairman resolution.

The Chairman shall issue the necessary resolutions to implement this Resolution, including determining the time period and the mechanism by which the fines mentioned in this Resolution are to be applied.

Any provision that violates or contradicts this Resolution shall be repealed.

This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall come into force as of the date of 03/10/2022.