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Important Changes and Developments in Laws
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The Law Amending the Free Zones Law was published in the
Official Gazette dated 22.01.2010 and numbered 27470. This Law
has amended the Amended Article 7 of the Free Zones Law dated
06.06.1985 and numbered 3218 relating to Free Zone revenues and
expenditures. The Law will enter into force three months after its
date of publication.
•
The Law approving the Technical, Scientific, and Economic
Cooperation Agreement in the Cultivated Area between the
Government of the Turkish Republic and the Government of Kuwait
entered into force by being published in the Official Gazette dated
29.01.2010 and numbered 27477.
•
Some amendments have been made to the Procedure Law on
Collection of Public Claims dated 21.07.1943 and numbered
6183
via
the Law Amending the Procedure Law on Collection
of Public Claims and Some Other Laws published in the Official
Gazette dated 05.02.2010 and numbered 27484. Article 2 of this
Law entered into force on 21.12.2009, while Articles 7, 10 and 11
entered into force on 01.01.2010 and other provisions entered into
force on the publication date.
•
The Law numbered 5952 on the Organization and Duties of the
Undersecretariat of Public Order and Security which aims to
develop politics and strategies related to the prevention of terrorism
entered into force by being published in the Official Gazette dated
04.03.2010 and numbered 27511.
•
The Law numbered 5955 on the Amendment of the Law Pertaining
to Referendum on Legislation Amending Constitution amending
the expression “as of the 120
th
day” stated in Article 2 of the Law
on the Law Pertaining to the Referendum on Legislation Amending
the Constitution as “as of the 60
th
day” and the expression “as per
article 94 of the Law, 40 days in the Referendum for citizens who
are abroad” stated in the second sentence of the first paragraph
of article 6 of the same Law as “as per the Law, 20 days as of
the Referendum for citizens who are abroad” entered into force
by being published in the Official Gazette dated 09.03.2010 and
numbered 27516.