Civil Transactions Law · Federal Decree-Law 25 of 2025
Article 232
Section One: Sources of Obligation > Chapter One: The Contract > Part Six: Dissolution of the Contract
English translation
If a contract is valid and binding, neither of the contracting parties may revoke the contract, nor modify or rescind it, except by mutual consent, litigation, or by virtue of a provision of law.
Official translation, as published by the portal.
Official Arabic text
إذا كان العقد صحيحًا لازمًا، فلا يجوز لأحد المتعاقدين الرجوع فيه ولا تعديله ولا فسخه إلا بالتراضي أو التقاضي أو بمقتضى نص في القانون.
What it means when you sign
When a contract is valid and binding, neither party can take back their commitment, change the terms, or cancel the contract on their own. The article names only three routes: both sides agree, a court decides, or a provision of law allows it.
For a contract about to be signed, this article means that the starting point is that a binding contract is not changed or ended by one party alone. Clauses that let one side alter prices, scope or conditions by its own notice, or end the contract whenever it chooses, are the clauses to read closely, because they sit in tension with this rule. A change or cancellation that both parties agree to, that a court orders, or that a legal provision permits is what the article itself recognises. It is worth noting who holds the power to change or end the contract in each clause, and whether the other side's agreement is required.
In Fahm reports this article usually sits under: One-sided mechanisms
Related articles
- Article 233After a contract has been made, the parties can agree to cancel it by mutual consent, known as iqala.
- Article 234Cited in Fahm reportsIn contracts where both sides owe duties, if one party does not perform on the due date, the other party may, after formally notifying the debtor, ask the court to order performance of the contract or to cancel it.
- Article 235The parties may agree that the contract will be treated as cancelled automatically, without a court judgment, if the obligations arising from it are not performed.
- Article 18This article says which country's law governs property.
- Article 19Cited in Fahm reportsThis article says which country's law governs a contract's obligations, both its form and its substance.
- Article 20This article says which country's law governs obligations that do not come from a contract, such as those arising from an act that causes harm.