DOHA: The Advisory Council (AC) has recommended to make it mandatory for civil society organisations to obtain a licence from the authorities concerned before starting their work.
While applying for the licence, such organisers should be asked to provide details of their planned programmes and activities.
Information about civil society groups should then be published in the official gazette, along with the rules and regulations governing them.
The recommendations were made in a regular session of the Advisory Council held in its headquarters yesterday.
Fahd bin Mubarak Al Khayareen, Secretary General of the Council, read out the report of the Legal Affairs Committee on the draft law seeking amendments in law No 21 of 2006 that regulates civil society groups.
The Legal Affairs Committee in its report had recommended amendments in two articles of the law to make it mandatory for civil society groups to register themselves, give details of their activities and get it published in the official gazette.
The Council also recommended to issue licence to practice law to those who hold a bachelor degree in Islamic Shariah with minimum two years experience in a court or Public Prosecution, even if they do not hold a bachelor degree in Law.
Article number 13 of the existing law stipulates that only gradates from a recognized law college are entitled to get licence to practice legal profession.
The Peninsula
