On Monday, June 1, 2026, fresh modifications to the provisions of Federal Decree-Law No. 25 of 2025 took effect. According to the updates, the law reduced the age of majority from 21 Hijri years to 18 Gregorian years, as well as changing the age at which a minor can request permission to manage their funds from 18 Hijri years to 15 Gregorian years, in order to increase youth participation in economic activities and entrepreneurship within a regulated legal framework.
The law also establishes an age of full legal capacity of 18 years, allowing anyone of this age to sign employment, rental, service, and education contracts, open and manage bank accounts, manage money and assets, file lawsuits or plead on their own behalf, and manage their legal and financial affairs independently without the need for parental or guardian consent.
The law specifically identified categories of legal entities: the state and the emirates, and other administrative units granted legal personality by law, federal or local public bodies, establishments, institutions, and other entities granted legal personality by law, religious bodies and communities recognized by the state as having legal personality, endowments, civil and commercial companies, except those specifically exempted by special provision, non-profit organizations.
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