Manama : As part of government efforts to enhance and re-engineer the quality of services, the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Waqf has developed the service for issuing a disclosure certificate for the person against whom enforcement is sought, as part of the enforcement applications available through the National Portal, bahrain.bh.
Under the developed service, the service completion time has been reduced from five working days to two working days, while the required documents have been reduced by 50%, the service-level agreement (SLA) has been reduced by 25%, and the application process has been streamlined to a maximum of four steps.
The service has also been fully digitised, with the user interface and experience improved, procedures simplified, application forms converted into electronic forms, and service information published across all channels standardised.
Nayef Khalifa Al Thawadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Courts Affairs and Enforcement at the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Waqf, said that the service enables the person against whom enforcement is sought to obtain a certificate confirming that they have submitted the disclosure legally required of them regarding their assets, within the amount of the claim, to avoid criminal liability.
Al Thawadi explained that once the person against whom enforcement is sought submits the disclosure form, and after it is verified by the competent employee, a disclosure certificate is issued to the person without the need to submit a separate application.
The Execution Law in Civil and Commercial Matters stipulates that the person against whom enforcement is sought must, on the day following notification of, or becoming aware of, any enforcement procedure and within seven days, disclose, using the prescribed form, their assets to the extent that covers the value of the debt under the enforceable instrument.
If their assets do not cover the value of the enforceable instrument, they must provide a full disclosure of all their assets, whether held by them or by third parties, and must also disclose any assets received by them in the future.
Accordingly, if the person against whom enforcement is sought fails to disclose within the period prescribed by law, the interested party may submit an application for a disclosure certificate, in preparation for submitting it to the relevant authorities, if they so wish.
As part of ongoing government efforts to develop and re-engineer government services, more than 1,300 government services have been documented, translated, and published, with around 800 services undergoing development and re-engineering across various government sectors.
This is based on proposals and feedback received regarding government services through the National System for Suggestions and Complaints, Tawasul, investor feedback, and secret shopper reports evaluating government services, as well as the launch of guidance manuals and service level agreements.
These efforts contribute to improving procedural efficiency, enhancing service quality, strengthening beneficiary experience, and supporting the government’s digital transformation journey.
