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Doha
THE National Address Law (Law No. 24 of 2017) will be introduced soon and the procedural and operational steps required to implement the law have already been completed, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced on Saturday.
The law is part of the strategic development of e-government marking the transition from descriptive to digital address system, said an MoI press release.
Lt Col Dr Abdullah Zayed al Sahli, head of the National Address Section at the Public Security, said the ministry was currently working to complete the infrastructure in order to begin registering national address of citizens and residents through the Metrash2 app or any of the MoI’s service centres.
An office will be allocated to receive citizens and residents to facilitate registration of their national address. The National Address Section will be based in Onaizah Service Center.
Lt Col Sahli pointed out that the registration procedures are simple. Every person, whether a citizen or an expatriate or his legal representative has to register his data in a simple form including the address of residence, fixed telephone number, mobile number, email, employer address for government and private sector employees, and permanent address abroad, if any. In case of minor children, their guardians have to register their data and be legally responsible for the validity of the data.
He stressed that if any person, whether a citizen or resident, fails to register his/her data within six months from the date of the commencement of the official registration process, he/she will be punishable under article 6 of the National Address Act. The fine for violating any of the provisions of articles (3) and (4) of this Act, or knowingly informing the competent authority wrongly about national address,will be up to QR10,000.
In the event of a change in the national address of any person, the data should be modified accordingly through Metrash2 or any of the services centres.
Article 4 of the Act stipulates that the competent authority shall be notified of any amendment or change to the data of one’s national address. If the person does not notify the competent authority of the change in the data of his/her national address, the person will be liable for legal action.
Lt Col Sahli stressed that the aim of the national address is to ensure access to the persons concerned in issues related to personal interests and the public interest of the State and to serve all citizens and residents in their dealings with various governmental and non-governmental bodies without the need for traditional paper correspondence.
He pointed out that this law is a qualitative leap in the conduct of judicial procedures, where each person in the State of Qatar, a citizen or natural or legal resident would have a national address.
He urged all Qatari and non-Qatari individuals, institutions and companies to register their national address data as soon as the MoIannounced the opening of registration.
Doha
THE National Address Law (Law No. 24 of 2017) will be introduced soon and the procedural and operational steps required to implement the law have already been completed, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced on Saturday.
The law is part of the strategic development of e-government marking the transition from descriptive to digital address system, said an MoI press release.
Lt Col Dr Abdullah Zayed al Sahli, head of the National Address Section at the Public Security, said the ministry was currently working to complete the infrastructure in order to begin registering national address of citizens and residents through the Metrash2 app or any of the MoI’s service centres.
An office will be allocated to receive citizens and residents to facilitate registration of their national address. The National Address Section will be based in Onaizah Service Center.
Lt Col Sahli pointed out that the registration procedures are simple. Every person, whether a citizen or an expatriate or his legal representative has to register his data in a simple form including the address of residence, fixed telephone number, mobile number, email, employer address for government and private sector employees, and permanent address abroad, if any. In case of minor children, their guardians have to register their data and be legally responsible for the validity of the data.
He stressed that if any person, whether a citizen or resident, fails to register his/her data within six months from the date of the commencement of the official registration process, he/she will be punishable under article 6 of the National Address Act. The fine for violating any of the provisions of articles (3) and (4) of this Act, or knowingly informing the competent authority wrongly about national address,will be up to QR10,000.
In the event of a change in the national address of any person, the data should be modified accordingly through Metrash2 or any of the services centres.
Article 4 of the Act stipulates that the competent authority shall be notified of any amendment or change to the data of one’s national address. If the person does not notify the competent authority of the change in the data of his/her national address, the person will be liable for legal action.
Lt Col Sahli stressed that the aim of the national address is to ensure access to the persons concerned in issues related to personal interests and the public interest of the State and to serve all citizens and residents in their dealings with various governmental and non-governmental bodies without the need for traditional paper correspondence.
He pointed out that this law is a qualitative leap in the conduct of judicial procedures, where each person in the State of Qatar, a citizen or natural or legal resident would have a national address.
He urged all Qatari and non-Qatari individuals, institutions and companies to register their national address data as soon as the MoIannounced the opening of registration.
