Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions of Use

Your access to, and use of, the Legal Affairs Department website (the "Site") is subject to the following terms and conditions, as well as the laws of the Emirate of Dubai and applicable federal laws of the United Arab Emirates. Your access to the Site is in consideration for your agreement to these Terms and Conditions of Use, whether or not you are a registered user. By accessing, browsing, and using the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms and Conditions of Use.

The Legal Affairs Department maintains the right to modify these Terms and Conditions of Use and may do so by posting notice of such modifications on this page. Any modification is effective immediately upon posting, unless otherwise stated. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any modification signifies your acceptance of such modification. You should periodically visit this page to review the existing 'Terms and Conditions of Use'.

Conduct

You agree to access and use the Site only for lawful purposes. You are solely responsible for the knowledge of and adherence to any and all laws, statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to your use of the Site. By accessing the Site, you agree that you will not:

Use the Site to commit a criminal offense or to encourage others to engage in any conduct which would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability;
Post or transmit any discriminatory, libelous, harassing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or otherwise unlawful content;
Use the Site to impersonate other parties or entities;
Use the Site to upload any content that contains malicious software or any other computer code, files, or programs that may alter, damage or interrupt the functionality of the Site or the hardware or software of any other person who accesses the Site;
Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any materials that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under a contractual relationship;
Alter, damage or delete any content posted on the Site;
Disrupt the normal flow of communication or data transfer through, from or to the Site, in any way;
Claim a relationship with or represent any business, association or other organization with which you are not authorized to claim such a relationship;
Post or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials or other forms of solicitation;
Post any material that infringes upon or violates the intellectual property rights of another; or
Collect or store personal information about others; or
misuse the Site to gain or attempted to gain unauthorized access or entry into any systems or equipment;

Registration

Certain portions of the Site are, or maybe, limited to registered users and/or allow a user to request support or services online by entering personal information. You agree that any information provided to us in these areas will be complete and accurate, that you will not register under the name of, nor attempt to enter the Site under the name of, another person, and that you will not adopt a user name that the Legal Affairs Department, in its sole discretion, deems offensive.

Termination of Use

The Legal Affairs Department may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to and use of this Site without notice and for any reason, including violation of these Terms and Conditions of Use or other conduct which the Legal Affairs Department, in its sole discretion, believes is unlawful or harmful to others. In the event of termination, you will no longer be authorized to access the Site, and the Legal Affairs Department will use any means possible or necessary to enforce this termination.

Links to Other Sites

Some links on the Site lead to websites that are not operated by the Legal Affairs Department. The Legal Affairs Department is not responsible for these websites, nor does it review or control their content. The Legal Affairs Department provides these links to users for convenience only. These links are not an endorsement of products, services, or information and do not imply an association between the Legal Affairs Department and the operators of the linked website. When you select a link to an outside website, you are subject to the terms and conditions of the owner/sponsors of that outside website.

Content

Unless otherwise stated, you may download, store and/or use the website material for your own personal use and/or research purposes only. You may not, however, republish, retransmit, redistribute or otherwise make the material available to any other party or make the same available on any website, on-line service or bulletin board of your own or of any other party or make the same available in hard copy or on any other media or commercially exploit such material in any manner without the Legal Affairs Department express prior written consent. No right, title or interest in any material is transferred to you, whether as a result of downloading, storing or use of such material or otherwise by you. Nothing on this Site constitutes, or is intended to, constitute advice of any kind.

The Legal Affairs Department reserves the right to monitor any content that you provide, but shall not be obligated to do so. Although it cannot monitor all postings or information entered into the Site, the Legal Affairs Department reserves the right (but assumes no obligation) to delete, move or edit any postings that violate these Terms and Conditions of Use. United Arab Emirates and foreign copyright laws and international conventions protect the contents of the Site. You agree to abide by all copyright notices posted on the Site.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Legal Affairs Department and all of its employees and agents from any and all liabilities incurred in connection with any claim arising from any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use, including reasonable legal fees and costs. You agree to co-operate fully in the defense of any such claims. The Legal Affairs Department reserves the right to assume, at its own expense, the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You agree not to settle any matter subject to this indemnity without the written consent of the Legal Affairs Department.

Disclaimer of Warranty

You expressly understand and agree that your use of, and access to, the Site or any material available through this Site is at your own risk. Neither the Legal Affairs Department nor its employees warrant that the Site or its content, including downloadable content, will be uninterrupted, problem-free, omission-free or error-free; nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Site. The content and function of the Site are provided to you "as is," without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or use or currency.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will the Legal Affairs Department or its employees be liable for any incidental, indirect, special, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site, including without limitation loss of revenue or anticipated profits, loss of goodwill, loss of business, loss of data, computer failure or malfunction, or any other damages.

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Policy, Terms and Conditions

Purpose:

The aim of this Policy is to outline Library membership and borrowing rules.

Requirements for Membership:

Provide Employee ID card.
The Library does not accept any other ID for proof of identity, as membership is specific to employees of H.H. The Ruler's Court and affiliated departments.
Library members may use its services within the limitations and guidelines set out by this and other Library policies.

Library members may:

Request materials for reading inside the library.
Access online resources provided by the Library.
Borrow materials in accordance with the borrowing rules.

Members should present their Employee IDs to check out materials.

Responsibilities of Library Members:

Take full responsibility for all activities and transactions associated with their membership accounts.
Return all materials checked out by the due date.
Keep Library materials in good condition - It is strictly prohibited to cut off, tear, mutilate or otherwise intentionally withhold any such materials.
Act immediately upon receiving recall and overdue notices.
Comply with all copyright laws.
Comply with all publishers' guidelines and terms of use when using databases.
Acknowledge that materials will not be lent to any other person.
Notify the Library about any changes to your registered email or phone number.
Notify the Library when you leave work permanently.
Return all materials checked out before leaving work and notify the Library directly or via the Human Resources Section of the entity in which the member is employed.
Acknowledge the Library's right to cancel membership.
Notify the Library about the item they would like to check out if it is damaged or in poor condition before checking out.

Library Responsibilities:

Member information will only be used for the purposes of providing Library services and will not be given out to third parties except as required by law.
The Library will not assume any responsibility for any damage to personal equipment, software or data during the use of Library materials.

The Library will not assume any responsibility for the use of any ideas, concepts, images or data contained in materials checked out by a member.

Intellectual property laws apply to the Library. These laws will be announced and enforced at all times.

Borrowing Rules:

Library members may borrow books as follows:

Loan Period	Item Limit
15 days renewed once unless the item is on hold by another user.	2

An item may not be transferred from one borrower to another, and no person may borrow on behalf of another.

Items that cannot be borrowed

Journals
Magazines
Any materials that the Library management determines that they cannot be borrowed.

Online Resources Access:

Members must comply with the terms of use available on the websites that provide the online resources. The Library does not own these online resources, but it has the right to access them under licensing agreements with their providers and publishers. Please visit the online resources for relevant terms of use, as different publishers have different terms of use.

Renewals:

Books borrowed can be renewed once either by using the means of communication approved by the Government of Dubai (Teams and E-mail) or by returning the book to the Library, unless the material is on hold by another member, recalled or if the account is suspended due to overdue items.

The renewal period for borrowed materials is 15 days.

Returning Items:

Members must return all items borrowed by the due date to avoid suspension of borrowing privileges. All materials borrowed can be returned to the Library. Failure to receive "overdue notice/ reminder" is not an excuse for not returning the materials on the date due or not renewing them.

Holds:

Members can, through the librarian, place a hold on an item on a first come, first served basis. A maximum of two holds can be placed at any given time.

Recalls:

Any item borrowed is subject to recall by the Library for any reason. Borrowers who receive recall notices are responsible for returning the items requested before the recall due dates.

Notices:

Borrowed Items become overdue if they are not returned or renewed by the due date. Before any overdue notices, borrowers receive a reminder by email two days before the due date.

For any overdue item, the member receives an overdue notice after the due date, and the notice will be resent each week.
After the fourth overdue notice and if we do not hear back from the member, Library membership and borrowing privilege will be suspended.

Lost Items:

An item is considered lost if a member informs the Library that the item is missing. Members must pay the price of the item lost at the price quoted in the Library database or purchase a replacement. If no price is mentioned in the Library database for the lost item, members will pay the market price determined by the Library.

Members can replace the lost items with new items of the same title, author and publisher. For out-of-print items, the replacement charges will be determined with the Librarian.

Damaged Items:

Items will be considered damaged due to the following:

Pages are washed out and content is not readable.
Pages are torn.
Content is scratched out or written over.

Members are responsible for damage to the items they borrow and will be charged the replacement cost, according to publishers' prices.

If there is no price quoted for the damaged item in the Library database, members must pay the market price determined by the Library.

Members may replace damaged items with a new item with the same title, author, edition and publisher.

Terms and Conditions