Amman, June 24 (Petra) – As of Wednesday morning, the implementation of Article 22/1 of the amended Execution Law No. 9 of 2022 will officially come into effect across Jordan.

Under the amended law, several types of legal cases are explicitly excluded from the provisions related to debtor imprisonment. These exclusions include cases arising from property lease contracts, employment contracts, ecclesiastical and Sharia court decisions, and claims filed by the state treasury exceeding JD5,000, as these are based on statutory obligations. Also excluded are compensation claims resulting from harmful acts, whether criminalized under penal law, stemming from tort liability, or arising from criminal offenses. Personal compensation claims for criminal acts are also excluded provided the claimed amount exceeds JD5,000.

According to the amended law, all other enforcement cases not listed in the above exemptions will fall under the new provisions, which prohibit the imprisonment of debtors. This includes cases involving commercial instruments such as promissory notes and checks, as these obligations are considered contractual and voluntary in nature. Legal scholars have long regarded such instruments as contractual liabilities under the law.

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24/06/2025 23:27:46