The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has confirmed that any partitioning of residential units is regarded as an explicit violation of the Buildings Organisation Law No 4 of 1985, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported yesterday.

Article 1 of this law stipulates punishment for executing any work or making any change in  the features of any residential unit by way of fine ranging between QR250 and QR500 for every square metre. The law also provides for removal of the partitions, the daily quoted the ministry as saying.

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