A marginal regulatory role by government 

   Many restrictions stipulated in law 32 for 1964 have been abolished by the new law. These include:

• The requirement that a prior permission by the regulatory body concerned is a must for an association to own real estate;

• The power of the regulatory body concerned to decline to register statutes of an association on grounds of: redundancy, security, lack of proper premises for headquarter or a revival of a defunct association;

• The requirement that a prior permission by the regulatory body concerned is a must for an association to perform outside the governorate where it is based;

•The power of the regulatory body concerned to appoint a board, a director and a board-member of an association.

•The power of the regulatory body concerned to convene a meeting of a board of an association.

•The power of the regulatory body concerned to declare an association defunct or to object to the establishment of an association; and

•The prohibition of accommodating juveniles, aging and convalescent parents by associations.