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Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding Article, the Federation shall have exclusive legislative jurisdiction in the following matters: - labor relations and social security; - ownership of real properties and expropriation in the public interest; - extradition of criminals; - banks; - insurance of all kinds; - protection of agricultural and animal wealth; - major legislations relating to penal law, civil and commercial transactions and company law, procedures before the civil and criminal courts; - protection of intellectual, technical and industrial property and copyright, printing and publishing rights; https://legaladviceme.com/legislation/120/uae-constitution-of-united-arab-emirates 27/34 8/17/2019 The Constitution of the United Arab Emirates - Legal Advice Middle East - import of arms and ammunitions except for use by the armed forces or the security forces belonging to any Emirate; - other aeronautic affairs which are not within the executive jurisdiction of the Federation; - delimitation of territorial waters and regulation of navigation on the high seas; - organizing the free zone areas, determining the method of creation of such zones and the scope of its exception from the implementation of the Federal laws.* * This paragraph was added by the Constitutional Amendment No. (1) dated 10/01/2004.