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A኷ጅ ቁጉር 6)!4//2ሺ1 PROCLAMATION NO. 624/2009

ዒIቭዘጵያ ዒሕ኉ፃ A኷ጅ ETHIOPIAN BUILDING PROCLAMATION

ዒሕ዇ቝ ገ኉ኄቭኇ ዙህ኉ኄቭ E኉ዛረዴዱጉ ጤማዞ WHEREAS, it has been found necessary to
ረዶ ዒሕ኉ፃ ዶ኉ቛቫ ወ዗ም ዒሕ኉ፃ ዶ኉ቛቫ determine the minimum national standard for the
ማሻሻያኇ ዒAዱልዶጪቭ ጤኹጉ኉ ቘቨመጤኜቨ construction or modification of buildings or alteration
ቘሀዱሪቩ ቘAጄቃ ላ዗ ቨ ፃሚ ዒሚጣ኉ ዇ቅቨኛኹ኉ of their use in order to ensure public health and safety;
ዙረዬ ጤመወሰ኉ Aስ ላዳ ጣኊ ቘመዱኌቩ

ቘIቭዘጵያ ዝራላ኶ ዛሞኡራሲያ኶ WHEREAS, sub-article (3) of Article 51 of the

ሪፐቝጦኡ ሕዱ መ኉ዶሥቭ A኉ቀጽ $1 ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of
/3/ ዒ ዙ ራል መ኉ዶሥቩ ዒገኇ ዒቭምህርቭ Ethiopia empowers the Federal Government to
E኉ዛሁም ዒሳ዗ ኉ስኇ ቬኡኊጪያ ሀዱር Aቀ establish and implement national standards and basic
መመዂኛኺት኉ኇ መሠረ ቫ኶ ዒ ጦሲ መጤኞያኺት policy criteria for public health, education, as well as
ዒማኹጇቭኇ ዒማስ ም ሥልጇ኉ ዒቨሰጄኹ science and technology;
ቘመጣኅ
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article
55 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic
ቘIቭዘጵያ ዝራላ኶ ዛሞኡራሲያ኶
Republic of Ethiopia it is hereby proclaimed as
ሪፐቝጦኡ ሕዱ መ኉ዶሥቭ A኉ቀጽ $5 /1/ መሠረቭ follows:
ዒሚኜቨጤኹ ቫኹደል፡፡
PART ONE
ኡ ል A኉ዞ GENERAL
ጄቅላላ
1. Short Title

1. A጑ር ርEስ
This Proclamation may be cited as the “Ethiopian
዗ህ A኷ጅ “ዒIቭዘጵያ ዒሕ኉ፃ A኷ጅ ቁጉር Building Proclamation No. 624/2009”.
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2. Definitions
In this Proclamation, unless the context otherwise
2. ቭርጓሜ
requires:
ዒቃጥ Aዱቛቝ ዒቨጤዒ ቭርዲም ዒሚያሰጄኹ ኟል
ጣኄ ቘስቨቀር ቘዄህ A኷ጅ ኹስጉ 1/ “Ministry” means the Ministry of Works and
Urban Development;
1/ “ሚኆስቬር” ማጤቭ ዒሥራኇ ኜቨማ
ልማቭ ሚኆስቬር ኄኹ 2/ “building” means a permanent or temporary
construction used for the purpose of dwelling,
2/ “ሕ኉ፃ” ማጤቭ ጤመኊሪያ ጤቚሮ ጤ ቝሪኟ office, factory or for any other purpose;
ወ዗ም ጤማኇተኹም ሌላ Aዱልዶጪቭ
ዒሚኹል ቋሚ ወ዗ም ዳ዆ያ኶ ዶ኉ቛቫ ኄኹ 3/ “building officer” means a person appointed by
an urban administration or designated organ to
3/ “ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹም” ማጤቭ ዗ህ኉኉ A኷ጅ enforce this Proclamation;
E኉ዛ ያስ ጽም ቘኜቨማ Aስቨዜዙር
ወ዗ም ቘቨ ሰዒመ Aኟል ዒቨሾመ ሰኹ 4/ “a registered professional” means a person who
ኄኹ is issued with a certificate as a design or
construction professional or a juridical person
4/ “ዒቨመዂዱቘ ቛጤሙያ” ማጤቭ ሥልጇ኉ ቛጤኹ which is issued with a certificate as a design or
Aኟል ቨመ዇ዶ቞ ቘዛዅ዗኉ ወ዗ም ቘኢ኉ስቭራ construction consultant by the relevant body;
ኡሽ኉ ዒቛጤሙያኄቭ ዒምሥኡር ወረቀቭ ዒቨሰ
ጄኹ ሰኹ ወ዗ም ቘዛዅ዗኉ ወ዗ም ቘኢ኉ስቭ
ራኡሽ኉ ዒAማኟሪኄቭ ዒም዇ዱቛ ምሥኡር ወረ 5/ “a registered contractor” means a juridical
ቀቭ ዒቨሰጄኹ ዞርጅቭ ኄኹ person who is registered and issued with a work
permit by the relevant authority as a contractor;
5/ “ዒቨመዂዱቘ ዒሥራ ቨቋራ጑” ማጤቭ
ሥል ጇ኉ ቛጤኹ Aኟል ቨመ዇ዶ቞ ዒሥራ
ቨቋራ ጑ኄቭ ዒም዇ዱቛ ዒምስኡር ወረቀቭ 6/ “category ‘A’ building” means a one story
building with a span of 7 meters or less
ዒቨሰ ጄኹ ዞርጅቭ ኄኹ
between two reinforced concrete, steel or other
structural frames or any dwelling house not
6/ “ምዞቝ ‘ሀ’ ሕ኉ፃ” ማጤቭ ቘሁጤቭ ዒኢ኉ኡሪቭ
exceeding two stories;
ወ዗ም ዒቝረቭ ወ዗ም ሌጪት ስቭራኡተራል
ኹቅሮት መኟኜል ያጤኹ ርቀቭ 7 ሜቭር
ወ዗ም ኜዄያ ቘቫት ዒጣኄ ቛጤA኉ዞ ቅ
ሕ኉ፃ ወ዗ም ማኇተኹም ኜሁጤቭ ቅ ቘቫት
7/ “category ‘B’ building” means a building with
ዒጣኄ ዒዶል መኊሪያ ቜቭ ኄኹ a span of more than 7 meters between two
reinforced concrete, steel or other structural
7/ “ምዞቝ ‘ለ’ ሕ኉ፃ” ማጤቭ ቘሁጤቭ ዒኢ኉ኡሪቭ
frames or of two or more stories not covered in
ወ዗ም ዒቝረቭ ወ዗ም ሌጪት ስቭራኡተራል
category ‘C’ or a real estate development of
ኹቅሮት መኟኜል ያጤኹ ርቀቭ ኜ7 ሜቭር category ‘A’;
ቘላ዗ ዒጣኄ ወ዗ም ቛጤሁጤቭ ቅኇ ኜሁጤቭ
ቅ ቘላ዗ ዒጣኄኇ ቘምዞቝ ‘ሐ’ ዒማ዗ሸ ኉ 8/ “category ‘C’ building” means any public or
ሕ኉ፃ ወ዗ም ቘምዞቝ ‘ሀ’ ዒቨመዙቘ institutional building, factory or workshop
E኉ዙሪል ስቬቭ ያጤ ዒቜቮት ልማቭ ኄኹ building or any building with a height of more
than 12 meters;
8/ “ምዞቝ ‘ሐ’ ሕ኉ፃ” ማጤቭ ዒሕ዇ቝ መዱልዱያ
ወ዗ም ቨቋም ኄኡ ሕ኉ፃ ዒ ቝሪኟ ወ዗ም
ዒወርኡሾ ሕ኉ፃ ወ዗ም ኜመሬቭ Eስኜ 9/ “construction” means the construction of a new
መጨ ረሻኹ ወጤል ኜ ቫኹ ኜ02 ሜቭር building or the modification of an existing
ቘላ዗ ዒጣኄ ማኇተኹም ሕ኉ፃ ኄኹ building or alteration of its use;

9/ “ዶ኉ቛቫ” ማጤቭ Aዛስ ሕ኉ፃ መዱ኉ቛቭ 10/ “dangerous building” means a building that is
ወ዗ም ኄቛር ሕ኉ፃ኉ ማሻሻል ወ዗ም structurally unsafe or constitutes a special
fire hazard or health risk;
Aዱል ዶጪቩ኉ መጤወጉ ኄኹ
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0/ “Aስዳ ሕ኉ፃ” ማጤቭ ዶ኉ቛቫኹ Aስቨማማኑ

ያልጣኄ ወ዗ም ቘኜ ቨኛ ዙረዬ ጤEሳቭ Aዙዴ 11/ “designated organ” means an organ appointed by the
ዒቨዴጤጄ ወ዗ም ጤገኇ ጄ኉ቅ ዒጣኄ ሕ኉ፃ concerned Regional State to enforce this
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ኄኹ Proclamation in areas outside of urban centers to
which this Proclamation is applicable;
01/ “ዒቨሰዒመ Aኟል” ማጤቭ ዗ህ A኷ጅ ኜኜ
12/ “document” means any plan, report, estimate
ቨማ ኡልል ኹጎ ቨ ጻሚ ቘሚጣ኉ቘቭ
or any other technical presentation required
ዳ዆ A኷ዪ኉ E኉ዛያስ ጽም ቘኡልጥ or prepared in connection with the design and
ዒሚሰዒም Aኟል ኄኹ construction of a building;
02/ “ሰኄዞ” ማጤቭ ኜሕ኉ፃ ዛዅ዗኉ኇ ዶ኉ቛቫ ዴር 13/ “private dwelling building” means a house
ቘቨያያዂ ዒሚያስ ልዶ ወ዗ም ዒቨዂዴዩ containing one or more habitable rooms with
ላ኉ ሪ ርቭ ዒ኷ዴ ዶምቭ ወ዗ም ማ኉ኛ sanitary and cooking facilities for the use of a
ኹም ዒቬኡኆኡ ዲዜ዗኉ ዒሚያስረዜ ሰኄዞ single family and may include any garage
ኄኹ and other domestic outbuildings within its
site;
03/ “ዒዶል መኊሪያ ሕ኉ፃ” ማጤቭ ጤA኉ዞ ቜቨሰቝ
መኊሪያኄቭ ዒሚያዱጤዶጥ A኉ዞ ወ዗ም
ኜA኉ዞ ቘላ዗ ኡ ጪትኇ ዒመ ዜዬኇ ዒማቝሰያ 14/ “person” means any natural or juridical
Aዱልዶ ጪቮት ያጥቭ ጣኊ ቘመኊሪያኹ
person;
ቅጉር ዶቚ ኹስጉ ዒሚዱኑ ዒመኞኇ
ማቆሚያ኉ኇ ጤመኊሪ ያኄቭ ዒሚኹጥ ኜ኷ኇኹ
15/ “plan” means any drawing or model showing
ቜቭ ዒቨኄጄጥ ኡ ጪ ት኉ ጦጨምር
the extent, nature and size of a building and
዗ትላል
the materials and method of assembly to be
used, and it may include architectural,
04/ “ሰኹ” ማጤቭ ዒቨ ጉሮ ሰኹ ወ዗ም structural, sanitary, electrical, mechanical,
ቘሕዶ ዒሰኹኄቭ መቝቭ ዒቨሰጄኹ Aኟል fire protection and other drawings;
ኄኹ

05/ “ ላ኉” ማጤቭ ዒA኉ዞ኉ ሕ኉ፃ መጄ኉ ዓ዗ኄ 16/ “Regional State” means any regional state
ቭኇ ስ ቭ E኉ዛሁም ሕ኉ፃኹ ዒሚሠራቘቭ኉ established in accordance with Article 47 of
ቁሳቁስኇ ዒAዱኄቛቝ ዂዝ኉ ዒሚያሳ዗ ኉ዞ the Constitution of the Federal Democratic
ወ዗ም ሞዝል ሲጣ኉ ዒAርኡቬኡተር ዒስቭ Republic of Ethiopia and includes the Addis
ራኡተር ዒሳኆቨሪ ዒኤሌኡቭሪኟል ዒሜኟ Ababa and Dire Dawa city administrations;
ኆኟል ዒEሳቭ መኜላኜልኇ ዒሌጪት
ሥራኺት኉ ኉ዞ ጦያኟቭቭ ዗ትላል 17/ “stop order” means any order given by a
building officer or by a building inspector to
06/ “ኡልል” ማጤቭ ቘሕዱ መ኉ዶሥቩ discontinue activities on a building
A኉ቀጽ #7 መሠረቭ ዒቨቋቋመ ኡልል construction site;
ሲጣ኉ ዒA ዛስ Aቘቛ ኜቨማ Eኇ
ዒዞሬዜ኷ ኜቨማ Aስቨዜዙሮት኉ 18/ “story” means that part of a building which is
዗ጨምራል situated between the top of any floor and the
top of the floor next above it, or if there is no
07/ “ዒማስቆሚያ ቭEዅ዇” ማጤቭ ቘA኉ዞ ዒሕ floor above it that portion between such floor
኉ፃ ዶ኉ቛቫ ቞ቫ ዒሚኟጡዞ ሥራ E኉ዛቋ and the ceiling;
ረጉ ወ዗ም E኉ዛቆም ቘሕ኉ፃ ሹም
19/ “urban administration” means an organ to
ወ዗ም ቘሕ኉ፃ ቨቆጇጇሪ ዒሚሰጉ ቭEዅ዇
which powers and duties of administering an
ኄኹ urban center have been given by law or
delegated by the concerned government
08/ “ ቅ” ማጤቭ ቘሁጤቭ ወጤጪት መኟኜል body;
ወ዗ም ኜላ዗ ሌላ ወጤል ኜሌጤ ቘወጤጥኇ 20/ “urban center” means any locality having a
ቘኰርኆስ መጠል ያጤኹ ዒሕ኉ፃ ኡ ል municipal administration or a population size
ኄኹ of 2,000or more inhabitants, or which at least
50% of its labour force has, primarily,
09/ “ዒኜቨማ Aስቨዜዙር” ማጤቭ ቘሕዶ engaged in non –agricultural activities.
ወ዗ም ቘሚመጤኜቨኹ መ኉ዶሥቫ኶
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Aኟል ኹኡ ልኇ ዒኜቨማ Aስቨዜዙር

ሥልጇ኉ኇ ቨዶ ቛር ዒቨሰጄኹ Aኟል 3. Scope of Application
ኄኹ
1/ This Proclamation shall apply to:
!/ “ኜቨማ” ማጤቭ ማዂዴዬ ቜቭ ዒቨቋቋመ
ቘቭ ወ዗ም 2ሺ ወ዗ም ኜዄያ ቘላ዗ ዒሕ
a) urban centers that have 10,000 or more
዇ቝ ቁጉር ያጤኹኇ ኜዄህ ኹስጉ ቚያ኉ስ
dwellers;
$ ቘመቮ ዒሚጣኄኹ ዒሰኹ ኃ዗ል
ኜዶቝርኇ ኹ጑ ቘጣኄ ሥራ ዒቨሰማራ b) other urban centers that have less than
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ጣኊ ዒሚዱኑ ቘቭ Aኟቛቚ ኄኹ፡፡ 10,000 dwellers and to which this
Proclamation shall be applicable in
3. ዒቨ ጻሚኄቭ ወሰ኉ accordance with the decision made by the
Regional State concerned;
1/ ዗ህ A኷ጅ ቘሚኜቨጥቭ ላ዗ ቨ ፃሚ
዗ጣኇል c) public buildings, or buildings which could
be used for industrial or commercial scale
ሀ/ 0ሺ Eኇ ኜዄያ ቘላ዗ ኄ኷ሪኺት ቛጫ agricultural occupancy or real-estate out
ተኹ ኜቨሞት side of urban centers.

2/ This Proclamation may not apply to any

ጤ/ ዒኄ኷ሪኺታተኹ ቁጉር ኜ0ሺ ቘቫት
building:
ቘጣኄኇ ቨ ፃሚ E኉ዛጣ኉ቛተኹ ቘሚ
መጤኜቨኹ ኡልል ቘሚወሰኅ ሌጪት a) completed on or before the effective date
ኜቨሞት of this Proclamation;

ሐ/ ኜኜቨማ ኹ጑ ቘሚዱኍ ህ዇ቝ b) which is under construction with a

ዒሚዱ ጤዱልቛተኹ ሕ኉ፃኺት building permit issued before the effective
ዒI኉ዚስቭሪ ወ዗ም ዒዂመኇ኶ Eርሻ date of this Proclamation;
ቨቋሞትኇ ዒሪልስቬቭ ሕ኉ፃኺት፡፡
c) exempted by the decision of the Council
2/ ዗ህ A኷ጅ ቘሚኜቨጥቭ ላ዗ ቨ ፃሚ of Ministers for reasons related with
A዗ጣ኉ም national security and other purposes.

ሀ/ A኷ዪ ቘ ኇቘቭ ቀ኉ ወ዗ም ኜዄያ 3/ Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-article

ቘ ቭ ቘቨጄኇቀቀ ሕ኉ፃ 2(b) of this Article, the urban administration or
the designated organ may apply this
ጤ/ A኷ዪ ኜ ኇቘቭ ቀ኉ ቘ ቭ ቘቨሰጄ Proclamation to:
ዒሕ኉ፃ ዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞ ቘመኟጡዞ
ላ዗ ቘሚዱኑ ቘማኇተኹም ሕ኉ፃ a) a building under construction with a build-
ing permit issued before the effective date
ሐ/ ኜሀዱር ዙህ኉ኄቭ ዴር ቘቨያያዂ Eኇ of the Proclamation if such construction is
ቘሌጪት ምኡ኉ያቮት A኷ዪ ቨ ፃሚ not completed within three years of the
E኉ዜ዗ጣ኉ቘቭ ቘሚኆስቭሮት ምኡር effective date of the Proclamation;
ቜቭ ቘሚወሰ኉ ሕ኉ፃ፡፡
b) in order to ensure the compliance of a
3/ ዒዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ 2/ጤ/
building for which alteration of service is
ዞ኉ዴድ ቚኊርም required with the service such building is
sought to render;
ሀ/ ዗ህ A኷ጅ ኜመጽኇቩ ቘ ቭ ቘወጇ
ዒሕ኉ፃ ዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞ መሠረቭ c) a building to which a renovation is
ቘመ ኟጡዞ ላ዗ ዒሚዱኑ ጣኊ required.
ዶ኉ቛቫኹ ዗ህ A኷ጅ ኜ ኇቘቭ ቀ኉
ዩምሮ ቘሦስቭ ዓመቭ ዳ዆ ኹስጉ
ያልቨጄኇቀቀ ኜጣኄ
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ጤ/ ዒAዱልዶጪቭ ጤኹጉ ጉያቄ ዒሚቀር PART TWO

ቝጤቭ ህ኉ፃ ሕ኉ፃኹ ጦሰጄኹ ኜቫ ADMINISTRATION
ሰቘኹ Aዱልዶጪቭ A኉ፃር ዙረዬኹ኉
ዒጄቘቀ መጣኅ኉ ጤማረዴዱጉ 4. Submission of Application and Plans

1/ Any person intending to carry out construction

ሐ/ ዒEዞሳቭ ቃዞ ጉያቄ ቘሚቀርቝጤቭ
ህ኉ፃ ላ዗
shall submit an application to the urban
ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ
administration or designated organ.
Aኟል ዗ህ A኷ጅ ቨ ጻሚ E኉ዛጣ኉ቘቭ
ማዞረዶ ዗ትላል፡፡
4 6)&7 2/ The application to carry out construction shall
be made on an application form prepared by the
urban administration or designated organ and
ኡ ል ሁጤቭ
shall consist of a design and report according to
Aስቨዜዙር
the category of building in question.
4. ማመልኜታኇ ላ኉ ስጤማቅረቝ 3/ The application shall be accompanied with a
reference to main roads and names of
1/ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራ ጤማኟጡዞ ዒሚ ልዶ prominent places.
ማ኉ኛ ኹም ሰኹ ጤኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር
ወ዗ም ጤቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ማመልኜታ
ማቅረቝ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡
4/ The applicant shall submit proof of possession
2/ ሕ኉ፃ኉ ጤመዱ኉ቛቭ ዒሚቀርቝ ማመልኜታ rights to the land or property on which the
ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ construction will take place.
Aኟል ጤዄሁ ቝጪ ቛዂዴዩኹ ቅ
መሠረቭ ጣኊ ዗ህም E኉ዙ ሕ኉ፃኹ
ምዞቝ A዗ኄቭ ዛዅ዗኉ኇ ሪ ርቭ ዒያዂ 5/ The documents to be submitted shall be
sufficiently complete to determine compliance
መጣ኉ Aጤቘቭ፡፡
with this Proclamation and other laws.
3/ ኜማመልኜታኹ ዴር ቘA኷ሳኑ ቛጥ ስ ራ
ኺት ዒሚዱኍ ኷ኇ መ኉ዱዟት኉ኇ ዒቫወቁ 5. Planning Consent
቞ቫኺት኉ ስም ዒሚዱል መረዬኺት
መቅ ረቝ ዗ኊርቛተ኷ል፡፡
1/ Any person intending to carry out construction
4/ Aመልኟቱ ሕ኉ፃ ቘሚዱኄቛቘቭ ቞ቫ shall secure a planning consent prior to
ወ዗ም ቘ኉ቝረቩ ላ዗ ዒ዗ወቫ መቝቭ submitting application for construction permit.
E኉ዜጤኹ ዒሚያረዴዶጉ ማስረዬ ማቅረቝ
዗ኊርቘ ቫል፡፡
2/ After having received an application for a
planning consent a building officer shall grant a
5/ ዒሚቀር቙ቭ ሠኄዟት ቘዄህ A኷ጅኇ ቘሌ
written declaration for compliance or non-
ጪት ሕጐት ዒቨመጤኜቩቭ
compliance with the urban planning of the
መሟላቫተኹ኉ ጤማረዴዱጉ ቘቘቂ ሁኈቫ urban center.
ዒቨሟጥ መጣ኉ ዗ኊርቛተ኷ል፡፡
6. Approval of Plans
5. ዒ ላ኉ ስምምኄቭ
1/ A building officer shall check submitted plan
1/ ዶ኉ቛቫ ጤማኟጡዞ ዒሚ ልዶ ማ኉ኛኹም documents to ensure compliance with the
ሰኹ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞ ጤማዶኌቭ provisions of this Proclamation and other laws.
ማመልኜታ ኜማቅረ቙ Aስቀዞሞ ዒ ላ኉ Approval of plans shall not be withheld on
ስምምኄቭ ማዶ ኌቭ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡ account of requirements not included in this
Proclamation or other laws.
2/ ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹሙ ጤ ላ኉ ስምምኄቭ ዒቀረቘጤቭ኉
ማመልኜታ ኜመረመረ ቘኋላ ኜኜቨማኹ ላ኉
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ዴር ዒሚጇጇም ወ዗ም ዒማ዗ጇጇም ስጤመጣኅ

ዒጽሁ ማረዴዱጏ ዗ሰጇል፡፡
2/ A building officer may approve plans with
comments provided that the comments refer to
6. ላ኉ ስጤማስ ዙቅ minor non-compliance and if the required
rectification work can easily be carried out
1/ ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹሙ ዒቀረቘጤቭ኉ ዒ ላ኉ ሠኄዞ during construction.
ቘዄህ A኷ጅኇ ቘሌጪት ሕዷት
ኜቨመጤኜቩቭ ዞ኉ዴድኺት ዴር ዒቨጇጇመ 3/ Approved plans shall be stamped
“APPROVED” and shall bear a registration
መጣኅ኉ ማረዴ ዱጉ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡ ቘዄህ
number and date of approval and shall be
A኷ጅ ወ዗ም ቘሌ ጪት ሕዷት ያልቨኟቨቩ
signed by a building officer.
መመዂኛኺት኉ ምኡ ኉ያቭ ቘማዞረዶ
A኉ዞ ላ኉ E኉ዜ዗ ዞቅ ማዞረዶ 4/ Application forms submitted with approved
A዗ትልም፡፡ plans shall be stamped “APPROVED” in the
4 6)&8
appropriate space provided and shall bear a
registration number and date of approval.
Comments, if any, shall be entered on the form
2/ ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹሙ ዒሚሰጄኹ Aስቨያዒቭ ዒጐጥ in the space provided and shall be signed by a
ዶዞ ቮት኉ ዒሚመጤኜቭ ኟልጣኄኇ ቨ ላዳኹ building officer.
ማስቨኟኜያ ቘሥራኹ ሂዙቭ ወቅቭ ቘቀላጥ
ጦዙረዶ ዒሚትል ኜጣኄ Aስቨያዒቩ኉ ቘማኜል 5/ Upon approval, one set of application form and
ላኅ኉ ጦያ ዞቀኹ ዗ትላል፡፡ accompanying plan, as stamped and signed in
accordance with sub-article (3) of this Article,
shall be returned to the applicant and the other
3/ ዒ ዙቀ ላ኉ ቘላ዗ ላ዗ “ ዞቋል” ዒሚል
set shall be retained by the urban administration
ማህቨም ዒቨዙረዱቘቭ ዒም዇ዱቛ ቁጉርኇ or designated organ.
ዒ ዙቀቘቭ኉ ቀ኉ ዒያዂኇ ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹም
ርማ ያረ ቘቭ መጣ኉ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡
6/ A copy of the signed and sealed application
4/ ኜ ዙቀኹ ላ኉ ዴር Aቝረኹ ዒቀረ቙ቭ form and approved plans shall be permanently
ዒማ መልኜታ ቅ ት ቘቅ ት ኹስጉ ጤዄሁ displayed at the building site. All original
ቨቝጪ ቘቨዂዴዩኹ ኡ ቭ ቞ቫ ላ዗ approved application forms and plan shall be
“ ዞቋል” ዒሚል ምልኡቭ ቨዙርጐቛተኹ kept in good condition and presented at any
ዒም዇ዱቛ ቁጉ ርኇ ዒ ዙቀቘቭ ቀ኉ time, before and during construction, upon the
዗ሠ ርቛተ኷ል፡፡ Aስቨ ያዒቭ ኟጤ ጤዄሁ request of the urban administration or
ቘቨዂዴዩኹ ኡ ቭ ቞ቫ ላ዗ ሰ ሮ ቘሕ኉ፃ designated organ or the building officer or an
authorized inspector.
ሹሙ ዗ ረምቘቫል፡፡

5/ ላ኉ ኜ ዙቀ ቘኋላ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ 7. Plan Review Period

A኉ ቀጽ /3/ መሠረቭ ማህቨምኇ ርማ
ያረ ቘቭ ዒማመልኜታ ቅ ኇ ቘAቛሪኄቭ A building officer shall review documents
ዒቨያያ ዂኹ ላ኉ A኉ዞ ቅጅ ጤAመልኟቱ submitted and approve or reject within the time
዗መጤስ ጤቫል ሌላኹ ቘኜቨማኹ limit. The time limit shall be determined by
Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ቘቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል Regulation to be issued for the implementation of
ዂ኉ዞ ዗ቀመጇል፡፡ this Proclamation.

6/ ርማኇ ማህቨም ያጤቘቭ ዒ ዙቀ ላ኉ኇ

ማመልኜታ ቅጅ ቘሕ኉ፃኹ መሥሪያ ቞ቫ 8. Rejection of Plans
ቘዶል E኉ዛቫ዗ ጣኊ ዗ቀመጇል፡፡ ዒ ዙ
ቀኹ኉ ላ኉ኇ ዒማመልኜታኹ኉ ኷ኇኺቱ኉
1/ Building plans that do not comply with the
ቅጅ ቘጉሩ ሁኈቫ E኉ዛቀመጉ ማዞረዶኇ provisions of this Proclamation and other laws
ዶ኉ቛቫኹ ኜመዩመሩ ቘ ቭ ወ዗ም ዶ኉ቛ shall be rejected by a building officer.
ቫኹ ቘሚኟጡዞቘቭ ቘማኇተኹም ዳ዆ ቘኜቨ
ማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ቘቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ቘሕ
኉ፃ ሹሙ ወ዗ም ሥልጇ኉ ቛጤኹ
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ቨቆጇጇሪ ሲጄዒቅ መቅረቝ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡

2/ Upon rejection of submitted plans a building officer
shall state in brief which provision of the law is not
7. ዒ ላ኉ መዱምዱሚያ ዳ዆
complied with, in the space provided on the
application form. Further detailed explanations may
ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹም ዒቀረቘጤቭ኉ ሠኄዞ ቘመዱምዱም be written if necessary on separate sheets and
዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ጤማስ ም ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ attached to the form.
ቘቨወሰኄ ዒዳ዆ ዱዙቝ ኹስጉ ማ ዙቅ ወ዗ም
ኹዞቅ ማዞረዶ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡
3/ An application and plan rejected by a building
officer shall be stamped “REJECTED” and
shall bear the date and signature of the building
8. ላ኉ ኹዞቅ ስጤማዞረዶ officer.

1/ ኜዄህ A኷ጅኇ ኜሌጪት ሕጐት ዴር

ዒማ዗ጇጇም ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ላ኉ ቘሕ኉ፃ ሹሙ 4/ Upon rejection of submitted plans a building officer
ኹዞቅ ዗ዙረዴል፡፡ shall return one copy of the duly signed and sealed
application form and the two copies of the duly
4 6)&9 signed and sealed plans to the applicant and the
urban administration or designated organ shall retain
one copy of the duly signed and sealed application
2/ ላኅ ኹዞቅ ዒሚጣ኉ ኜጣኄ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹሙ form.
ቘማመልኜታኹ ላ዗ ቛጤኹ ኡ ቭ ቞ቫ
9. Construction Permit
ዒቨጇሰኹ኉ ዒህዲ኉ ዞ኉ዴድ ቘA጑ሩ
መዶጤ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡ Aስ ላዳ ጣኊ A plan which has been approved in accordance with
ኜቨዱኌ ቨጨማሪ ማቝራሪያኺት ቘቨጤዒ Article 6 of this Proclamation shall constitute a
ወረቅቭ ቘመፃ ማያያ዇ ዗ትላል፡፡ construction permit.

3/ ቘሕ኉ፃ ሹሙ ኹዞቅ ዒቨዙረዱ

10. Validity Period of Plans
ማመልኜታኇ ላ኉ “ኹዞቅ ቨዙርጓል”
ዒሚል ምልኡቭኇ ቀ኉ E኉ዛሁም ዒሕ኉ፃ 1/ The validity of approved plans shall expire after
ሹሙ ርማ ዗ሠ ርቘቫል፡፡ six months from the date of issuance where
construction work has not been started.
4/ ዒቀረቘኹ ላ኉ ኹዞቅ ሲዙረዶ ዒሕ኉ፃ
ሹሙ ርማ Eኇ ማህቨም ያረ ቘቭ
ማመልኜታ A኉ዞ ቅጅ Eኇ ዒ ላኅ ሁጤቭ 2/ The validity of approved plans with which
ቅያኺት ጤAመልኟቱ ዒሚመጤስ ሲጣ኉ construction work has been started within six
ዒህ኉ፃ ሹሙ ርማ Eኇ ማህቨም ያረ ቘቭ months from the date of issuance shall expire
ዒማመልኜታ ቅ A኉ዞ ቅያ ቘኜቨማኹ after five years from the date of issuance, if the
Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ቘቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል construction work has not been completed.
ዂ኉ዞ ዗ቀመጇል፡፡
3/ Upon expiry of the validity period as set out in
9. ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞ
sub-articles (1) or (2) of this Article an
application for extension of the validity period
ቘዄህ A኷ጅ A኉ቀጽ 6 መሠረቭ ዒ ዙቀ ላ኉ of approved plans shall be submitted for re-
ቘዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞኄቭ ያዱጤዶላል፡፡ approval of plans in accordance with this
Proclamation.
0. ላ኉ ኉ቮ ስጤሚቆ዗ቘቭ ዳ዆
11. Building Officers
1/ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራኹ ኟልቨዩመረ A኉ዞ
ዒ ዙቀ ላ኉ ዒሚ ኇቘቭ ዳ዆ ዒሚያቘቃኹ 1/ Every urban administration or designated organ
ላኅ ኜ ዙቀቘቭ ቀ኉ ዩምሮ ስዞስቭ ወር shall appoint a building officer, with the
ኟቘቃ ቘኋላ ዗ጣኇል፡፡ required educational and professional
qualifications to enforce, on its behalf, the
provisions of this Proclamation and other laws.
2/ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራኹ ላኅ ኜ ዙቀቘቭ ቀ኉
ዩምሮ ቘስዞስቭ ወር ዳ዆ ኹስጉ
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ዒቨዩመረኇ ሥራኹ ያልቨጄኇቀቀ ኜጣኄ

ዒ ዙቀኹ ላ኉ ኉ቮ ዒሚቆ዗ቘቭ ዳ዆ 2/ A building officer shall receive all applications
ዒሚያቘቃኹ ላኅ ኜ ዙቀቘቭ ቀ኉ ዩምሮ for approval of plans and issue approved plans
Aምስቭ ዓመቭ ኟቘቃ ቘኋላ ዗ጣኇል፡፡ after ascertaining full compliance with this
Proclamation and other laws.
3/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀ ኉Uስ A኉ቀ /1/ ወ዗ም /2/
ቘቨዱጤ ኹ መሠረቭ ላ኉ ኉ቮ ዒሚቆ዗
3/ A building officer shall inspect all buildings
ቘቭ ዳ዆ ሲያቘቃ ዳ዆ኹ E኉ዛራዂም ቘዄህ under the territorial jurisdiction of the urban
A኷ጅ መሠረቭ ላኅ኉ E኉ዙዱኇ ዒማ ዙቅ administration or designated organ to ascertain
ጉያቄ መቅረቝ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡ conformity with this Proclamation and other
laws.
01. ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹም

1/ Eያ኉ዜ኉ዚ ዒኜቨማ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨ 4/ A building officer may be assisted by staff of

ሰዒመኹ Aኟል Aስቨዜዙሩ኉ ወ዗ም Aኟጥ኉ the urban administration or designated organ in
ቘመወኜል ዒዄህ኉ A኷ጅኇ ዒሌጪት኉ the discharge of his duties; provided, however,
ሕጐት ዞ኉ዴድኺት ጤማስ ም that he shall be responsible for the ruling on
ዒሚያስትል Aስ ላዳኹ ዒቭምህርቭኇ applications for approval of plans and
inspection reports.
ዒሙያ ዇ዶጅቭ ያጤኹ ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹም
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዗ሾማል፡፡
5/ A building officer is empowered to order
inspection of exempted buildings erected before
2/ ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹም ላ኉ E኉ዛ ዞቅ ዒሚቀርቝ the effective date of this Proclamation and to
ማመልኜታ኉ ቘመቀቘል ኜዄህ A኷ጅኇ ኜሌ order the demolition or rectification of such
ጪት ሕጐት ዴር ሙጥ ቘሙጥ ዒሚስማማ buildings if public safety is at risk.
መጣኅ኉ ኟረዴዱጄ ቘኋላ ያ ዞቃል፡፡

3/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ቘኜቨማኹ ኡልል ወ዗ም 6/ A building officer is empowered to order

ቘቨሰዒ መኹ Aኟል Aስቨዜዙር ኡልል rectification work if plans are approved by
ኹስጉ ያጥ ሕ኉ፃኺት ኜዄህ A኷ጅኇ error; provided, however, that he must have
ኜሌጪት ሕጐት ዴር ዒሚሰማሙ adequate justification for ordering such
መጣኇተኹ኉ ጤማረዴዱጉ ቁጉጉር rectification work.
ያዙረዴል፡፡
7/ Without prejudice to his criminal liability, the
4/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ቨዶቛሩ኉ ጤመወጇቭ building officer shall bear civil liability for any
ቘኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ቘቨሰዒመኹ damage he causes to third parties in the course
Aኟል ሌጪት ሠራቨኒት ጦቫዱ዇ of implementing this Proclamation and the
዗ትላል፡፡ ጣኊም ላ኉ ጤማ ዙቅ regulation and directives issued there under as a
ቘሚቀር቙ ማመልኜታኺትኇ ዒም ርመራ result of his own fault.
ሪ ርቮት ላ዗ ኹሳኈ መስጄቭ ዒEርሱ
ኃላ ኄቭ ዗ጣኇል፡፡

5/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ዗ህ A኷ጅ ሥራ ላ዗ ኜመ኷ጥ 8/ Without prejudice to the provision of sub article

ቘ ቭ ዒቨሰሩኇ A኷ዪ ቨ ፃሚ E኉ዜ዗ጣ (1), the city administration or the designated
body shall make good the damage incurred by
኉ቛተኹ ዒቨዙረዲ ሕ኉ፃኺት E኉ዛመረመሩ
third parties where such act of the building
ዒማዞረዶኇ ጤሕቝረቨሰ቙ ዙህ኉ኄቭ Aስዳ
officer is regarded as a professional fault. In
ጣኄኹ ኜቨዱኍ E኉ዛ ርሱ ወ዗ም E኉ዛ such cases, the city administration or the
ስቨኟኜጥ ዒማዂ዇ ሥልጇ኉ ዗ኊረ኷ል፡፡ designated body shall have the right to
reimburse from the building officer to the
6/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ቘስህቨቭ ቘ ዙቀ ላ኉ extent it has paid to third parties.
መሠረቭ ዒቨዱኄቛ ህ኉ፃ E኉ዛስቨኟኜል
ዒማዂ዇ ሥል ጇ኉ ዗ኊረ኷ል ጣኊም
ዒማስቨኟኜያ ሥራ ኹ኉ ጤማዂ዇ ቘቂ
ምኡ኉ያቭ ጦኊረኹ ዗ዱቛል፡፡
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7/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹሙ ዗ህ A኷ጅኇ ቘዄህ A኷ጅ 12. Delegation

መሠረቭ ዒሚወጅቭ ዙ኉ቝኇ መመሪያኺት
ዒጇጥቘቭ኉ ኃላ ኄቭ ቘዶል ጉ ቭ 1/ A building officer may delegate another body
ምኡ኉ያቭ ቘAዶቛ቙ ቛጤመወጇቭ ቘሶስቨኛ or an approved person to carry out duties in
connection with review of plans for which he is
ወዱኊት ላ዗ ጤሚዙርሰኹ ዲዜቭ ቘወ኉ዩል
incapable of undertaking fully or partially.
ቨጄያቂ ዒሚ ጣ኉ቛተኹ ሁኈቫኺት
E኉ዙቨጄቘቁ ጣኄኹ ቘ ቭሐቝሔር ህዶ
ዞ኉ዴድኺት መሠረቭ ቘዶል ቨጄያቂ 2/ A building officer shall make written
዗ጣኇል፡፡ recommendations to the urban administration or
designated organ on application referred to him
8/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹሙ ቨጄያቂኄቭ E኉ዙቨጄቘቀ ጣኊ and shall sign all attached documents and stamp
ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹሙ ዒ ጸመኹ ጉ ቭ ቘ ቭሐቝ the same where appropriate.
ሔር ዞ኉ዴድኺት መሠረቭ ዒሥራ ጉ ቭ
ኄኹ ጦቛል ዒሚትልቘቭ ምኡ኉ያቭ ያጤ
E኉ዙጣኄ ቘሶስቨኛ ወዱኊት ላ዗ ጤዙረሰኹ
ዲዜቭ ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም 3/ The urban administration or the designated
ዒቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ቘሕዶ መሠረቭ organ shall issue the approved or rejected
documents under the name of its building
ቨዱቚኹ኉ ኟሣ ኜ ጪ Aጉ ኹ኉ መልሶ
officer.
ጤመጄዒቅ መቝቭ Aጤኹ፡፡
4/ The delegation for review of plans may be
extended to cover inspection duties.
4 6)'1
13. Appeals

02. ኹኡልኇ 1/ Each urban administration or designated organ

shall establish a board of appeal which shall
1/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹሙ ኜ ላ኉ ዶምዱማ ዴር have members with the relevant qualification to
ቘቨያያዂ ራሱ ቘሙጥም ጣኄ ቘኜ ል enable them to decide cases in accordance with
ጦያኜኇኹኄኹ ያልታጤኹ኉ ሥራ ጤሌላ this Proclamation.
Aኟል ወ዗ም ጤዄሁ ቨዶቛር ጤቨሰዒመ ሰኹ
ቘኹኡልኇ ጦሰጉ ዗ትላል፡፡
2/ The board of appeal shall have the power to
hear, and decide on, decisions taken by building
2/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ዒቨመሩጤቭ኉ ማመልኜታኺት officers regarding construction. The decision
ቘቨመጤኜቨ ቘ ጭ Aስቨያዒቩ኉ of the board on technical matters shall be final.
ጤኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ጤቨሰዒመኹ
Aኟል ዗ል ኟል E኉ዛሁም ቨያ዗ዂኹ 14. Non-compliance
ቘቀረ቙ቭ ሠኄ ዟት ላ዗ ዗ ርማል
E኉ዜAስ ላዳኄቩም ማህቨም ያዙርዴል፡፡
1/ A Building officer may order a building
3/ ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ constructed without approved plans to be
Aኟል ዒ ዙቁቭ኉ ወ዗ም ኹዞቅ ዒቨዙረ demolished, if the plans utilized to construct
ዲቭ኉ ሰኄዟት ቘህ኉ፃ ሹሙ ስም ዗ሰጇል፡፡ such building does not comply with the
provisions of this Proclamation or other laws.
4/ ላኊት኉ ጤመዱምዱም ዒሚሰጄኹ ኹኡልኇ
2/ In the event that the owner of a building who
ዒቁጉጉር ቨዶቛራቭ኉ም Eስኜማኜኇወ኉ has been ordered by a building officer to
ዞረስ ጦሰ ዗ትላል፡፡ demolish or remove his building fails to comply
with the order, the urban administration or
03. ስጤ ዗ዶቛኑ designated organ may demolish or remove the
building and claim the incurred expenses from
1/ Eያ኉ዜ኉ዚ ዒኜቨማ Aስቨዙዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨ the owner.
ሰዒመ Aኟል ቘዄህ A኷ጅ መሠረቭ ኹሳኈ
ጤመስጄቭ ዒሚያስትል ቨዱቚኹ ሙያያላ
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ተኹ Aቛላቭ ዒሚዱኍቘቭ ዒ዗ዶቛኑ ሰሚ

቞ርዞ ያቋቁማል፡፡ 3/ A building officer may order any work or parts
thereof to be opened for inspection, removed
2/ ቞ርዚ ዶ኉ቛቫኺት኉ ቘቨመጤኜቨ ቘህ኉ፃ ሹም or, without causing damage to building,
ቘቨሰጅ ኹሳኈኺት ላ዗ ዒሚቀር቙ demolished if such work has been carried out
Aቜቩቫኺት኉ ቘ዗ዶቛኑ A዗ቮ ዒመወሰ኉ without the required notice being given.
ሥልጇ኉ ዗ኊረ኷ል፡፡ ቞ርዚ ቬኡኆኡ ኄኡ ቘጣኅ
ዲዜዘት ላ዗ ዒሚሰጄኹ ኹሳኈ ዒመጨረሻ 4/ A building officer may order rectification works
዗ጣኇል፡፡ on parts of a building executed without
approved plans, and may suspend all works on
04. ቭEዅ዇኉ Aጤማኡቘር such building until the owner complies with the
order.
1/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ቛል ዙቀ ላ኉ ጤቨዱኄቛ ህ኉ፃ
15. Notice
ጉቅም ላ዗ ዒ኷ጤኹ ላ኉ ዒዄህ኉ A኷ጅ
ወ዗ም ዒሌጪት ህጐት኉ ዞ኉ዴድኺት
1/ A person who has an approved plan for
ዒሚጉስ ጣኊ ኜቨዱኌ ህ኉ፃኹ E኉ዛ ርስ construction of a building falling under
ያዙርዴል፡፡ category “B” or “C” shall give notice to the
concerned building officer indicating the time
2/ ቘህ኉ፃ ሹም ህ኉ፃኹ኉ E኉ዛያ ርስ ወ዗ም within which the construction is to be carried
E኉ዛያኄሳ ዒቨሰጄኹ኉ ቭEዅ዇ ዒህ኉ፃኹ out.
ቛጤ ቜቭ ያላኜቘረ E኉ዙጣኄ ዒኜቨማኹ
Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል 2/ The time within which a building officer may
ህ኉ፃኹ኉ ቘማ ረስ ወ዗ም ቘማ኉ሳቭ decide on the notice given in accordance with
ያወጇኹ኉ ወጎ ኜቛጤ ኉ቝረቩ ጦጄ዗ቅ sub-article(1) of this Article shall be
዗ትላል፡፡ determined by Regulation to be issued for the
implementation of this Proclamation.

4 6)'2 3/ A building officer may require additional notices

to be given according to the type and
complexity of the building. In such instances,
3/ ቨ ላዳኹ ማስቫወቂያ ሳ዗ሰጉ ዒቨሰራ኉ the time required for prior notice and the stages
ሥራ ወ዗ም ዒሥራኹ኉ ዒቨወሰኄ ኡ ል of work shall be clearly indicated and shall be
ጤም ርመራ E኉ዛኜ ቭ E኉ዛኄሳ ወ዗ም issued in writing to the applicant together with
ቘህ኉ ፃኹ ላ዗ ዲዜቭ ቘማያዙርስ ሁኈቫ the approved plans.
E኉ዛ ርስ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ጦያ዇ ዗ትላል፡፡
4/ A person who has received an order from a
4/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ዒህ኉ፃ Aኟል኉ ጤማሻሻል ወ዗ም building officer to rectify certain works carried
ጤመጤወጉ ዒ ዙቀ ላ኉ ሳ዗ኊር ዒቨሰራ኉ ሥራ out in contravention of approved plans shall
E኉ዛስቨኟኜል ማዂ዇ኇ ቛጤ኉ቝረቩ ቘቭEዅዃ give notice to the building officer in writing on
መሠረቭ Eስኞያስቨኟኡል ዞረስ ቘህ኉ፃኹ ላ዗ completion of such rectification work.
ዒሚኟጡዞ ሌላ ሥራ E኉ዛቆም ማዱዞ
዗ትላል፡፡ 16. Inspection

05. ስጤ ማስቫወቂያ
1/ An urban administration or a designated organ
1/ ቘምዞቝ ‘ጤ’ ወ዗ም ‘ሐ’ ሥር ዒሚወዞቅ shall issue special identification badges to
ህ኉ፃ ጤመዱ኉ቛቭ ዒ ዙቀ ላ኉ ያጤኹ ሰኹ building officers and inspection staff working
ዶ኉ቛቫኹ ዒሚኟጡዞቘቭ኉ ዳ዆ ዒሚያሳ዗ under their supervision.
ማስቫወቂያ ጤሚመጤኜቨኹ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም
ማቅረቝ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡
2/ Inspectors carrying an urban administration’s or
a designated organ’s badge identifying them
2/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ መሠረቭ shall be permitted access to any building
ቘቀረቘ ማስቫወቂያ ላ዗ ህ኉ፃ ሹም ዒሚሰ completed or under construction at any working
ጄኹ ኹሳኈ ዒዳ዆ ዱዙቝ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ጤማ hours.
ስ ም ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰኇል፡፡
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3/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም E኉ዙ ህ኉ፃኹ ዓ዗ኄቭኇ

ዒAሠራር ሁኈቫ ቨጨማሪ ማስቫወቂያኺት 3/ Inspectors may issue stop orders, with regard to
E኉ዛቀ ር቙ መጄዒቅ ዗ትላል፡፡ E኉ዙዄህ construction not conforming to this
A዗ኄቭ ሁኈቫ ሲያዴጉም ማስቫወቂያኹ Proclamation or other laws. Stop orders shall
ዒሚቀርቝ ቘቭ ዳ዆ኇ ዒሥራኹ ዙረዬ be made on inspection report form.
ቘዶል ቨቀምጊ ጤAመልኟቱ ኜ ዙቀኹ
ላ኉ ዴር ቘ ሁ E኉ዛዙርሰኹ
4/ A building officer shall specify the period
዗ዙረዴል፡፡ within which rectification, removal or
demolition of works not conforming to this
4/ ኜ ዙቀኹ ላ኉ ኹ጑ ዒቨኜኇወኅ A኉ዜ኉ዞ Proclamation or other laws are to be carried out
ሥራኺት኉ E኉ዛያስቨኟኡል ኜህ኉ፃ ሹም and communicate the order in writing to the
ቭEዅ዇ ዒዙረሰኹ ሰኹ ዒማስቨኟኜያኹ኉ owner of the building. The period to be
ሥራ E኉ዜጄኇቀቀ ጤህ኉ፃ ሹሙ specified shall take into account the critical
ማስቫወቅ ዗ኊር ቘቫል፡፡ nature of the order to the progress of
construction and the sequence of works.
06. ስጤ ቨቆጇጇሪኺት

1/ ዒኜቨማ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመ Aኟል 5/ Where the owner of a building fails to execute
an order issued to him in accordance with sub-
ጤህ኉ፃ ሹምኇ ቘEሱ ቁጉጉር ሥር ጤሚሰሩ
article (4) of this Article, the urban
ቨቆጇጇሪኺት ቘልቝስ ላ዗ ዒሚ኉ጄጤጄል
administration or the designated organ may
ማ኉ኄቫተኹ኉ ዒሚዱል ዒመቫወቂያ ወረ cause the work to be rectified, removed or
ቅቭ E኉ዛኊራተኹ ያዙርዴል፡፡ demolished at the expense of the owner.

2/ ዒኜቨማኹ኉ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም 17. Materials

ዒቨሰዒመኹ኉ Aኟል መቫወቂያ ወረቀቭ
ዒያዃ ቨቆጇጇ ሪኺት ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራኹ 1/ A building officer may order defective materials
ወዙ ቨጄኇቀቀ ወ዗ም ቘዶ኉ቛቫ ላ዗ ወዙ intended for use and stored on site or
Aጤ ህ኉ፃ ቘማ኉ ኛኹም ዒሥራ ሰዓቭ incorporated in the works, to be removed from
ዒመዶቛቭ ሥልጇ኉ ዗ኊራተ኷ል፡፡ the sits or the works.
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2/ Use of improper materials or exceptional cases

3/ ቨቆጇጇሪኺት ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ወ዗ም ሌጪት
of poor workmanship may be considered as
ሕጐት኉ ቘመቨላጤ ዒሚኟጡዞ ዶ኉ቛቫ grounds for rejection of certain items or work.
E኉ ዛቆም ቭEዅ዇ መስጄቭ ዗ትላጥ፡፡
ዒማስ ቆሚያ ቭEዅ዇ ዒሚሰጄኹ
ቘሚዂዴዩኹ ዒቁ ጉጉር ሪ ርቭ ቅ 3/ A building officer may require test certificates
዗ጣኇል፡፡ for materials which have been incorporated or
are intended to be incorporated in building
4/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ዒዄህ኉ A኷ጅ ወ዗ም ዒሌጪት works.
ህጐት ዞ኉ዴድኺት኉ ቘመቨላጤ ዒቨሰራ
ህ኉ፃ ዒሚስቨኟኜልቘቭ኉ ዒሚኄሳቘቭ኉ 18. Occupancy Permit
ወ዗ም ዒሚ ርስቘቭ኉ ዳ዆ ቘመወሰ኉ ኹሳ
ኈኹ ጤህ኉ፃኹ ቛጤቜቭ ቘ ጭ 1/ A newly constructed category “C” building
shall not be put to use before it has been
E኉ዛዙርሰኹ ያዙርዴል፡፡ ዒሚሰጄኹ ዒዳ዆
inspected for compliance with this
ዱዙቝ ኜዶ኉ ቛቫኹ ሂዙቭኇ ኜሥራኹ
Proclamation and a certificate of occupancy has
ቅዙም ቨኜቨል A኉ፃር ዒቭEዅዃ኉ been issued.
Aጇዜ ኄቭ ዶምቭ ኹስጉ ዒሚያስዱቛ
዗ጣኇል፡፡
2/ A building officer may provide occupancy
5/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀ ኉Uስ A኉ቀ /4/ መሠረቭ permit for partially completed building
ዒቨ ሰጄኹ኉ ቭEዅ዇ ዒህ኉ፃኹ ቛጤቜቭ provided safety is ensured.
ሳ዗ ም ዒቀረ E኉ዙጣኄ ዒኜቨማኹ
Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል
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ቘቛጤቜቩ ኞሳራ ሥራኹ E኉ዛስቨኟኜል

E኉ዛኄሳ ወ዗ም E኉ዛ ርስ ጦያዙርዶ 3/ Without prejudice to the requirements provided
዗ትላል፡፡ for in this Proclamation the time limit within
which an occupancy permit may be issued shall
07. ስጤ ቁሳቁስ be determined by Regulation to be issued for
the implementation of this Proclamation.
1/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ጤዶ኉ቛቫኹ ያዱጤዶላል ቨቝጪ
4/ A building officer may take legal measures on
ቘዶ኉ቛቫኹ ሥ ራ ዒቨቀመጄ ወ዗ም any person occupying a category “C” building
ቘህ኉ፃኹ ሥራ ላ዗ ዒ኷ጤ ዲዞጤቭ ያጤቘቭ without a valid occupancy certificate.
ቁሳቁስ E኉ዛወዱዞ ቭEዅ዇ ጦሰጉ
዗ትላል፡፡

2/ ቨዱቚ ያልጣኄ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቁሳቁስ መጄቀም 19. Plan Review Fees

ወ዗ም ዒሥራኹ ጉራቭ ኜሚጄቘቀኹ
ቘቫት ወርዟ ቘመዱኌቭ ዒቨሰራ ሥራ኉ 1/ When plans or other documents are required to
ላጤመቀቘል E኉ዙቘቂ ምኡ኉ያቭ ጣኊ be submitted for review, a plan review fee shall
ጦቆጄር ዗ትላል፡፡ be paid. Such fee shall be determined by
Regulation to be issued for the implementation
of this Proclamation.
3/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ቘሥራ ላ዗ ዒ኷ጤ ወ዗ም
ጦኹል ዒቫቀዙ ቁሳቁስ኉ ቘቨመጤኜቨ
2/ Plan review fees shall be charged on the basis
ዒጉራቭ ምርመራ ምስኡር ወረቀቭ of total gross floor area of one unit of each type
E኉ዛቀርቝ ጦጄ዗ቅ ዗ትላል፡፡ in case of repetitive units.

08. ዒህ኉ፃ መጄቀሚያ ቃዞ

1/ ቘምዞቝ ‘ሐ’ ሥር ዒሚመዙቝ Aዛስ 3/ A plan review fee shall be paid at the time of
ዒቨዱኄቛ ህ኉ፃ ቘዄህ A኷ጅ መሠረቭ submitting an application for approval of plans.
መስ ርቩ኉ ማሟላቩ ቘ ቨሻ
ኟልቨረዴዱጄኇ ዒመጄቀ ሚያ ቃዞ
ኟልቨሰጄ ቘስቨቀር ህ኉ፃኹ ጉቅም ላ዗ 4/ When rejected plans are re-submitted for
ጦኹል A዗ትልም፡፡ approval, additional plan review fee shall be
charged, The rate of such fee shall be
determined by Regulation to be issued for the
2/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ዙህ኉ኄቩ Aስዳ Aጤመጣኅ implementation of this Proclamation.
ጤቨረዴዱጄ Eኇ ቘኜ ል ጤቨጄኇቀቀ ህ኉ፃ
ዒመጄቀሚያ ቃዞ ጦሰጉ ዗ትላል፡፡
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20. Plan Approval Fees

1/ A building officer shall charge fees for the

3/ ቘዄህ A኷ጅ ዒቨመጤኜቩቭ መመዂኛኺት approval of plans relating to the erection,
E኉ዙቨጄቘቁ ጣኄኹ ዒህ኉ፃ መጄቀሚያ extensions or alteration of buildings. The fees
ቃዞ ቘህ኉ፃ ሹም ዒሚሰጉቘቭ ዒዳ዆ shall be determined by Regulation to be issued
ዱዙቝ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ጤማስ ም ቘሚወጇኹ for the implementation of this Proclamation.
ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰኇል፡፡
2/ Plan approval fees shall be charged on the basis
of cumulative gross floor area in case of
4/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ዒህ኉ፃ መጄቀሚያ ቃዞ
repetitive floors of units.
ሳ዗ኊረኹ ቘምዞቝ ‘ሐ’ ህ኉ፃ መጄቀም
ቘዩመረ ቘማኇተኹም ሰኹ ላ዗ ሕዴ኶
Eርምዬ መኹሰዞ ዗ትላል፡፡ 21. Inspection Fees

09. ዒ ላ኉ መዱምዱሚያ ኡ ያ 1/ For inspection visits a fee per visit shall be paid
in accordance with the category of buildings.
1/ ላ኉ኇ ሌጪት ሰኄዟት ቀርቘኹ E኉ዛመ The fees shall be determined by Regulation to
ረመሩ ቘሚያስ ልዶቘቭ ዳ዆ ዒ ላ኉ be issued for the implementation of this
Proclamation.
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መዱም ዱሚያ ኡ ያ ዗ኜ ላል፡፡ ዒኡ ያኹ

መጄ኉ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ጤማስ ም 2/ The rates set for category “B” and “C” building
ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰኇል፡፡ in accordance with sub-article (1) of this
Article, shall not be more than five and ten
2/ ቨዙዴዴሚ Aሀዟት ቘሚያዴጉሙቘቭ ዳ዆ times respectively compared to the rates for
category “A”.
ዒ ላ኉ መዱምዱሚያ ኡ ያ ዒሚጄዒቀኹ
ኜEያ኉ዜ኉ዚ Aሀዞ ዓ዗ኄቭ ዒA኉ዚ኉ Aሀዞ
22. Refund of Fees
ዒወጤል Aጄቃላ዗ ሥ ቭ መሠረቭ
ቘማዞረዶ ዗ጣኇል፡፡
1/ A building officer may, upon a request in writing
3/ ዒ ላ኉ መዱምዱሚያ ኡ ያ ዒሚኜ ጤኹ by the applicant, authorize the refund of fees
ላ኉ ጤማ ዙቅ ማመልኜታ ቘሚቀርቝቘቭ where services applied for are not rendered.
ዳ዆ ዗ጣኇል፡፡

4/ ኹዞቅ ዒጣኅ ላኊት E኉ዙዱኇ ጤማ ዙቅ 2/ A request for refund under sub-article (1) of this
ቘሚቀር቙ቘቭ ዳ዆ ዒ ላ኉ መዱምዱሚያ Article shall be bared unless submitted within
ኡ ያ ቘዞዴሚ ዗ኜ ላል፡፡ ዒኡ ያኹ six months from the date of payment.
መጄ኉ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ጤማስ ም
ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰኇል፡፡
23. Fines
!. ስጤ ላ኉ ማ ዙቂያ ኡ ያ
1/ An urban administration or a designated organ
1/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ዒህ኉ፃ ዶ኉ቛቫ ማስ ያ may impose administrative fines on persons
ወ዗ም ማሻሻያ ሥራ ላ኉ ጤማ ዙቅ who violate the provisions of this Proclamation.
ኡ ያ ያስኜ ላል፡፡ ዒኡ ያኹ መጄ኉ ዗ህ኉ The fine shall be determined by Regulation to
A኷ጅ ጤማስ ም ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ be issued for the implementation of this
዗ወሰኇል፡፡ Proclamation.

2/ ቨዙዴዴሚ ወጤጪት኉ ወ዗ም Aሀዟት኉ 2/ The payment of fines may not relief the offender
ቘሚመጤኜቭ ዒ ላ኉ ማስ ዙቂያ ኡ ያ from complying with the requirements of this
ዒሚጄዒቀኹ ዒወጤጥ኉ Aጄቃላ዗ ስ ቭ Proclamation and of additional legal measures
to be taken by the urban administration or the
ዞምር መሠረቭ ቘማዞረዶ ዗ጣኇል፡፡
designated organ.
!1. ስጤ ቁጉጉር ኡ ያ
24. Temporary Constructions
1/ ጤቁጉጉር ሲቛል ጤሚዙረዶ ዲቝኑቭ ዒህ኉ፃኹ኉
Where an application is made to erect a building
ምዞቝ መሠረቭ ያዙረዱ ዒቁጉጉር ኡ ያ ዗ኜ
which the applicant has declared to be a
ላል፡፡ ዒኡ ያኹ መጄ኉ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ
ጤማስ ም ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰኇል፡፡
temporary building, the urban administration or
4 6)'5 the designated organ may grant provisional
authorization to the applicant to proceed with the
erection of such building in accordance with this
2/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ መሠረቭ
Proclamation and other laws.
ጤምዞቝ ‘ጤ’ Eኇ ‘ሐ’ ህ኉ፃኺት ዒሚጄዒቅ
ኡ ያ ጤምዞቝ ‘ሀ’ ህ኉ፃኺት ኜሚጄዒቀኹ 25. Alteration of Service, Extension, Repair or
ኡ ያ E኉ዙ ቅዙም ቨኜቨላተኹ ኜAምስቭኇ Demolition
ኜAሥር Eጉ መቝጤጉ A዗ኊርቘቭም፡፡

!2. ስጤ ቨመላሽ ኡ ያኺት 1/ A building officer shall grant permission to

proceed with alteration of service, extension,
1/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ማ኉ኛኹም Aዱልዶጪቭ repair or demolition of a building provided
ያልቨሰ ጄቘቭ ኡ ያ ኜAመልኟት that it complies with the provisions of this
ቘሚቀርቝ ዒ ሁ ጉያቄ መሠረቭ ቨመላሽ Proclamation.
E኉ዛጣ኉ ማዂ዇ ዗ትላል፡፡
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2/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ መሠረቭ

ኡ ያ ቨመላሽ E኉ዛጣ኉ ዒሚቀርቝ ጉያቄ 2/ In the case of major alteration, extension,
ኡ ያኹ ኜቨ ጸመቘቭ ቀ኉ A኉ስቮ ቛጤኹ repair or demolition works, a building officer
ዒ6 ወር ዳ዆ ኹስጉ ኟልቀረቘ ቨቀቛ዗ኄቭ may require plans, and any other analyses or
A዗ኊረኹም፡፡ evidences necessary to verify compliance
with this Proclamation.
!3. ስጤ መቀጒ
3/ All precautionary measures which should be
1/ ዒኜቨማ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመ Aኟል taken for a new building shall also be taken
ዒዄህ኉ A኷ጅ ዞ኉ዴድኺት ቘሚቨላጤ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ
during any alteration, repair, extension or
ቛጤቜ ቮት ላ዗ Aስቨዜዙሪ኶ መቀጒ መጇል
demolition work carried on an old building.
዗ትላል፡፡ ዒመቀጒኹ ልኡ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ
ጤማስ ም ቘሚወ ጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰኇል፡፡
4/ A building officer shall grant permission to
2/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ መሠረቭ demolish dangerous buildings.
ዒሚጇል ዒዱ኉ዂቝ መቀጏ ጉ ቨኛኹ኉
ቘዄህ A኷ጅ ዒቨመጤኜቩቭ኉ ኜመ ም
ወ዗ም ቘኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም 5/ No person shall, at any time, during the course
ቘቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ኜሚወሰዚ ቨጨማሪ of or after demolition of a building leave it in
Eርምዬኺት ኄፃ Aያዙርዱኹም፡፡ a condition dangerous to the public or any
adjoining property.
!4. ዳ዆ያ኶ ዶ኉ቛቫኺት
6/ Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-article
Aመልኟቱ ቘዳ዆ያ኶ ዶ኉ቛቫኄቭ ያሳወቀኹ኉ (1) of this Article, prior written consent from
ዶ኉ቛቫ ጤማኟጡዞ ማመልኜታ ያቀረቘ E኉ዙጣኄ the appropriate government organ shall be
required before repairing or extending
ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል
buildings of historical value.
ዶ኉ቛቫኹ኉ ቘዄህ A኷ጅኇ ቘሌጪት ህጐት
መሠረቭ E኉ዛያኜኇኹ኉ ዳ዆ያ኶ ቃዞ
ጦሰጄኹ ዗ትላል፡፡ 26. Employment of Registered Professionals

!5. ዒAዱልዶጪቭ ጤኹጉ ስጤማዞረዶ 1/ A person intending to erect a building shall

ስጤማስ ቭ Eዞሳቭ ወ዗ም ጉዱኇ employ a qualified registered professional for
ስጤማዞረዶ Eኇ ስጤማ ረስ each type of design required for the category
of the building and retain their services for
the purpose of supervising the erection
1/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ኜዄህ A኷ጅ ዴር thereof. The details shall be determined by
Eስኜቨጇጇመ ዞረስ ዒህ኉ፃ Aዱልዶጪቭ Regulation to be issued for the
ጤኹጉ ዒማዞረዶ ዒማስ ቭ Eዞሳቭ implementation of this Proclamation. The
technical work of the building design shall be
ዒማዞረዶ ዒመጄዱ኉ ወ዗ም ዒማ ረስ
coordinated by the architect.
ቃዞ ዗ሰጇል፡፡
2/ Upon completion of building works, a
4 6)'6 certificate of completion signed by the
registered professionals referred to under
sub-article (1) of this Article, shall be
2/ ዒAዱልዶጪቭ ጤኹጅ ዒማስ ቩ ዒማዙሱ submitted to a building officer.
ዒመጄዱኅ ወ዗ም ዒማ ረሱ ሥራ መጄ኉ ሰ
ዒጣኄ E኉ዙጣኄ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹሙ ህ኉ፃኹ 3/ Any registered professional who has contracted
ዒሚዱኑቘቭ኉ ኄቛራ኶ ሁኈቫ ዒሚያሳዓ ላኊትኇ to carry out the design work of category “A”
ቘA኷ዪ መሠ ረቭ መኜኇወኅ኉ ጤማረዴዱጉ and “B” buildings shall produce guarantee
ዒሚያስትጥ ማኇተ ኹም ሌጪት ቭ኉ቫኈኺት for any damage resulting from any defective
ወ዗ም ማስረዬኺት E኉ዛቀር቙ጤቭ መጄዒቅ work due to the design The form and the
዗ትላል፡፡ amount of the guarantee to be produced for
each category of building shall be determined
3/ ዒAዱልዶጪቭ ጤኹጉ ዒማስ ቭ ዒማ by Regulation to be issued for the
ዙስ ዒመጄዱ኉ ወ዗ም ዒማ ረስ ሥራ implementation of this Proclamation.
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ቘሚ ኜኇወ኉ቘቭ ዳ዆ ጤAዛስ ህ኉ፃ ዶ኉ቛቫ

ዒሚ ወሰዚ ጉ኉ቃቄኺት ሁጥ ጦወሰዚ 27. Employment of Registered Contractors
዗ዱቛል፡፡
1/ A person intending to erect a building shall
4/ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም Aስዳ ሕ኉ፃ኉ ጤማ ረስ ቃዞ employ a registered contractor with the
necessary qualification for the category of
዗ሰጇል፡፡
building in question. The details shall be
determined by Regulation to be issued for the
implementation of this Proclamation.
5/ ማ኉ኛኹም ሰኹ A኉ዞ኉ ህ኉ፃ ሲያ ርስ
ወ዗ም ኟ ረሰ ቘኋላ ሕ዇ቝ኉ኇ ዒA኷ሳኑ 2/ Any contractor who has contracted to carry
኉ቝረቮት኉ ዙህ኉ኄቭ ጤAዙዴ ቘሚያዴልጉ out category “A” and “B” buildings shall
ሁኈቫ መቨኹ ዒጤቘቭም፡፡ produce a guarantee for any damage resulting
from any defective work due or negligence.
6/ ዒዄህ A኉ቀ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ ዞ኉ዴድ The form and the amount of the guarantee to
ቚኊርም ዒቫሪኟ኶ ቅርስኄቭ ኷ዴ ያላተኹ be produced for each category of building
ህ኉ፃኺት኉ ኜመጄዱ኉ ወ዗ም ኜማስ ቭ shall be determined by Regulation to be
ቘ ቭ ኜሚመጤኜቨኹ Aኟል ዒጽሁ issued for the implementation of this
ስምምኄቭ መዱኌቭ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡ Proclamation.

!6 ዒቨመዂዱ቙ ቛጤሙያኺት኉ ስጤመቅጄር

28. Responsibility of Contractors and Registered
Professionals
1/ ጤማ኉ኛኹም ህ኉ፃ ህ኉ፃኹ ጤሚዱኑቘቭ
ምዞቝ ዒሚጄዒቁ ዒዛዅ዗኉ ዓ዗ኄቮት 1/ Without prejudice to his criminal liability,
ጤዒሥ ራኹ ቘሚመጉኅ ዒቨመዂዱ቙ any registered professional, contractor or sub
ቛጤሙያኺት መሰራቭ ዗ኊርቛተ኷ል፡፡ contractor shall be liable for any damage he
዇ር዇ሩ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ጤማስ ም causes to his employer in accordance with the
ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰ ኇል፡፡ ዒህ኉ፃኹ provisions of the Civil Code due to his
ዶ኉ቛቫ Eስኞጄኇቀቅ ዞረ ስም defective design or construction work.
ዒቛጤሙያኺቱ ቁጉጉር ጦኊር ዗ዱቛል፡፡
ዒህ኉ፃ ዛዅ዗ኅ኉ ቬኡኆኟል ሥራ ዒሚያስቨቛ
ቝረኹ Aርኡቬኡቩ ዗ጣኇል፡፡ 2/ Without prejudice to the generality of sub-
article ((1) of this Article, a contractor shall
be responsible for the workmanship of the
2/ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራኹ ሲጄኇቀቅ ቘዄህ A኉ቀ construction of a building or an element of a
኉Uስ A኉ቀ /1/ ላ዗ ዒቨጄቀሱቭ building.
ቛጤሙያኺት ዒ ረሙቘቭኇ መጄኇቀቁ኉
ዒሚያረዴዶጉ ምስኡር ወረቀቭ ጤህ኉ፃ
ሹሙ መቅረቝ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡

3/ ማ኉ኛኹም ዒምዞቝ ‘ጤ’ Eኇ ‘ሐ’ PART THREE

ህ኉ፃኺት ዶ኉ቛቫ ዛዅ዗኉ ጤማኜኇወ኉ LAND USE, RELATED STUDIES AND DESIGNS
ኹጤቫ ዒሚ ወስዞ ዒቨመዂዱቘ ቛጤሙያ
ቘዛዅ዗኉ ዒቨኄሳ ጦዙርሱ ጤሚትጥ ዲዜቮት
኷ስቭኇ ማቅረቝ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡ ጤቨጤያዓ 29. Land Use and Related Studies
ዒህ኉ፃ ምዞ቞ት ዒሚሰጄኹ ዒ኷ስቭኇ
መጄ኉ኇ Aቀራረቝ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ
4 6)'7 A national, regional or an urban plan approved by
ጤማስ ም ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰኇል፡፡ federal, regional or urban administration shall
have precedence on aspects of land use and
!7. ዒቨመዂዱ቙ ዒሥራ ቨቋራጒት኉ ስጤመቅጄር related studies stipulated in this Proclamation.

1/ ህ኉ፃ ጤመዱ኉ቛቭ ዒሚ ልዶ ማ኉ኛኹም 30. Designs

ሰኹ ጤሚዱኄቛኹ ህ኉ፃ ምዞቝ ዒሚመጉ኉
ዒቨመ ዂዱቘ ሥራ ቨቋራ጑ መቅጄር 1/ Any building shall have designs required for the
዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡ ዇ር዇ሩ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ category it belongs.
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ጤማስ ም ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰኇል፡፡

2/ Any building or components thereof shall be
designed according to acceptable building
2/ ማ኉ኛኹም ዒምዞቝ ‘ጤ’ Eኇ ‘ሐ’ design codes to ensure safety, comfort and
unconstrained services.
ህ኉ፃኺት ዶ኉ቛቫ ጤማኜኇወ኉ ኹጤቫ
ዒሚወስዞ ሥራ ቨቋራ጑ ዶ኉ቛቫኹ኉
ቘሚያኜኇኹ኉ቘቭ ወቅቭ ቘዶ኉ቛቫኹ ዒሥራ
ጉራቭኇ ቘጉ኉ቃቄ ዲዞጤቭ ምኡ኉ያቭ 3/ Any building shall be designed and
ጦዙርሱ ጤሚትጥ ዲዜ ቮት ኷ስቭኇ constructed in such a way that it ensures
ማቅረቝ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡ ጤቨጤ ያዓ ዒህ኉ፃ safety for people, other constructions and
ምዞ቞ት ዒሚሰጄኹ ዒ኷ስቭኇ መጄ኉ኇ properties.
Aቀራረቝ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ጤማስ ም
ቘሚወጇኹ ዙ኉ቝ ዗ወሰኇል፡፡ 31. Precautionary Measures During Construction

!8. ዒሥራ ቨቋራጒትኇ ዒቨመዂዱ቙ ቛጤሙያኺት

ኃላ ኄቭ Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 30
of this Proclamation:
1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ዒቨመዂዱቘ ቛጤሙያ ወ዗ም ዒሥራ
ቨቋራ጑ ቘ኷ኇ ወ዗ም ቘ኉Uስ ሥራ ቨቋራ጑
ኄቭ ወ዗ም ኜ ል ኹጤቫ ቘመኹሰዞ 1/ any building shall be designed and constructed
ያኜኇወኄኹ ዒህ኉ፃ ዛዅ዗኉ ወ዗ም ዒዶ኉ቛቫ in such a way that it shall not impair the
ሥራ ጤሚያስ ኜቭጤኹ ዲዜቭ ቘወ኉ዩል safety of people moving around, other
ቨጄያቂ ዒሚጣ኉ቛተኹ ሁኈቫኺት E኉ዙቨጄቘቁ constructions and properties;
ጣኄኹ Aሠሪኹ ጤጣኄኹ ሰኹ Aዶቛቝኄቭ ቛላተኹ
ዒ ቭሐቝሔር ህዶ ዞ኉ዴድኺት መሠረቭ
ቨጄያቂ ዗ጣኇል፡፡ 2/ where any excavation related to a building is
likely to impair the safety or stability of any
2/ ዒዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ ዞ኉ዴድ property or service, the owner of the site shall
Aጄቃላ዗ Aኄዴዱር E኉ዙቨጄቘቀ ጣኊ take adequate precautionary measures to
ማ኉ኛኹም ዒሥራ ቨቋራ጑ ጣኄ ቝጪ ensure that the safety and stability of such
ወ዗ም ቘተልቨኑኄቭ ቘሚዱኄቛኹ ህ኉ፃ property or service is maintained;
ወ዗ም ዒህ኉ፃ Aኟል ላ዗ ጤሚዙርሰኹ
ዒሥራ ጉራቭ ዲዞጤቭ ቨጄያቂኄቩ ሳ዗ቀር 3/ while any excavation remains open or during
the placing of any foundation within it, such
ዲዞጤቩ኉ ዒማስቨኟኜል ዶዝቫ Aጤቘቭ፡፡
excavation shall be maintained in a safe
condition by the owner or person carrying the
excavation;
ኡ ል ሦስቭ
ዒመሬቭ Aጄቃቀም ቨጓዜኑ ጉኇቮትኇ ዛዅ዗ኊት 4/ where the safety or stability of any property
or service is likely to be impaired by an
excavation, the owner of the site shall obtain
!9. ዒመሬቭ Aጄቃቀምኇ ቨጓዜኑ ጉኇቮት the prior written authorization of the urban
administration or designated organ upon
ቘ ዝራል ቘኡልል ወ዗ም ቘኜቨማ Aስቨዜዙር submission of preventive methods and
ዒ ዙቀ Aዱራ኶ ኡልላ኶ ወ዗ም ኜቨማ ኄኡ Aጄቃላ዗ precautionary measures;
ላ኉ ቘዄህ A኷ጅ ቘቨኟቨቩኇ ዒመሬቭ
Aጄቃቀም኉ኇ ቨጓዜኑ ጉኇቮት኉ ቘሚመጤኜቩ 5/ the load from any newly constructed
ዞ኉ዴድኺት ላ዗ ዒቘላ዗ኄቭ ዗ኊረ኷ል፡፡ foundation shall not affect existing
foundations, utility lines or any other
". ዛዅ዗ኊት structure.

1/
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ማ኉ኛኹም ህ኉ፃ ጤሚዱኑቘቭ ምዞቝ ዒሚያስ
ልዲ ዛዅ዗ኊት ጦዂዴዪጤቭ ዗ዱቛል::

2/ ማ኉ኛኹም ህ኉ፃ ወ዗ም ዒህ኉ፃ Aኟል

ቨቀቛ዗ኄቭ ቛላተኹ ዒህ኉ፃ ዛዅ዗኉ ዙ኉቞ት
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መሠረቭ ዒቨጄቃሚኹ኉ም ጣኄ ዒሌጪት

Aኟላቭ኉ ዙህ኉ኄቭ኉ ምቶቭ኉ኇ ዒቨሟላ 32. Site Operations
ዶልዴጪቭ኉ ጦያረዴዶጉ ዒሚትል ጣኊ
ዛዅ዗኉ መዙረዶ Aጤቘቭ፡፡ 1/ In cases where danger or serious inconvenience
to the public may ensue from the erection or
demolition of a building on any site, the
3/ ማ኉ኛኹም ህ኉ፃ ዒሰኺት኉ ዒሌጪት
urban administration or designated organ
ዶ኉ቛቫ ኺት኉ኇ ኉ቝረቮት኉ ዙህ኉ኄቭ
may require that the owner of the site, before
ቘማያሰዴ መ኉ ዱዞ ዛዅ዗኉ መዙረዶኇ such work is commenced, shall do all the
መዱ኉ቛቭ Aጤቘቭ፡፡ necessary preventive works.

"1. ቘዶ኉ቛቫ ወቅቭ መዙረዶ ስጤሚዱቛተኹ ጉ኉ቃ 2/ Where any work connected with the erection
ቄኺት or demolition of any building may, in the
opinion of the urban administration or
ዒዄህ A኷ጅ A኉ቀጽ " ዙ኉ዴድኺት designated organ, have any detrimental effect
E኉ዙቨጄቘቁ ጣኄኹ on the strength, standard, safety, quality or
position of its property or any property
1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ዶ኉ቛቫ ቘዶ኉ቛቫኹ Aኟቛቚ falling under its authority, it may require the
ዒሚ ኉ቀሳቀሱ ሰኺት኉ ዒዶ኉ቛቫኹ owner of such building to make such deposit
or give such security, as it may require to
ሠራቨኒ ት኉ ዒሌጪት ዶ኉ቛቫኺት኉
cover the costs of the repair of any damage
ወ዗ም ኉ቝረቮ ት኉ ዙህ኉ኄቭ ቘማያሰዴ
which may be caused by such work.
መ኉ዱዞ ዛዅ዗኉ መዙረዶኇ መዱ኉ቛቭ
዗ኊርቘቫል 3/ Where construction materials or residues
thereof are accumulated around a
2/ ኜዶ኉ቛቫ ዴር ዒቨያያዂ ቁ ሮ construction site, the urban administration or
ዒማ኉ኛኹ኉ም ኉ቝረቭ ወ዗ም Aዱልዶጪቭ designated organ may by written notice,
ዙህ኉ኄቭ ዲዜቭ ላ዗ ዒሚጉል ሲጣ኉ order the owner of the site to have the
ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቞ቫኹ ቛጤቜቭ ዒ኉ቝረቩ኉ ወ዗ም materials removed within the period specified
ዒAዱልዶጪቩ኉ ዙህ኉ኄቭ ጤመጄቘቅ ቘቂ in the notice.
ጉ኉ቃቄ ማዞረዶ Aጤቘቭ
4/ Any owner or persons carrying out work in
3/ ዒቨቆ ረኹ ዲዞጓዞ ኡ ቭ ጣኊ ዒሚቆ዗ connection with the erection or demolition of
any building, may erect, at the site of such
ሲጣ኉ ወ዗ም ቘዲዞጓዚ ኹስጉ መሠረቭ
work, temporary sheds as may be necessary.
ቘሚዱኄቛቘቭ ዳ዆ ቛጤቜቩ ወ዗ም ቁ ሮኹ኉
ያኟጡዙኹ ሰኹ ዲዞጓዚ኉ ጤዙህ኉ኄቭ
ቘማያሰዴ ሁኈቫ መጄቘቅ Aጤቘቭ 5/ No owner or person shall commence or
continue the erection or demolition of any
4/ ኜዶ኉ቛቫ ዴር ዒቨያያዂ ቁ ሮ building unless approved sanitary facilities
ዒማ኉ኛኹ኉ም ኉ቝረቭ ወ዗ም Aዱልዶጪቭ are availed for all personnel employed for or
ዙህ኉ኄቭ Aዙዴ ላ዗ ጦጉል ዒሚትል መጣኅ in connection with such work, at the site or,
ሲዱመቭ ዒዶ኉ ቛቫ ቞ቫኹ ቛጤቜቭ with the permission of the urban
ቘቅዞሚያ ዒመኜላኜያ ዂዝኺት኉ኇ administration or designated organ, at some
ዒጉ኉ቃቄ Eርምዬኺት኉ ጤኜቨ ማኹ other place. The construction activity shall
Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ጤቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል be interrupted till such facilities are provided.
ቘማቅረቝ ዒ ሁ ቃዞ ማዶኌቭ Aጤቘቭ
6/ The urban administration or designated organ
5/ ማ኉ኛኹም Aዛስ ዒሚዱኄቛ ህ኉ፃ መሠረቭ may device mechanisms to administer the
጑ኄቭ ቘኄቛር መሠረቮት ዒAዱልዶጪቭ safety requirement during construction.
መስመሮት ወ዗ም ሌጪት ሥራኺት ላ዗
ትዶር ዒሚ ጉር መጣ኉ ዒጤቘቭም፡፡
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33. Architecture

"2. ቘዶ኉ቛቫ ቞ቫ ላ዗ ስጤሚኜኇወኅ ሥራኺት 1/ Any room or space shall have dimensions that
shall ensure that such room or space is fit for
the purpose for which it is intended.
1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ህ኉ፃ ሲዱኄቛ ወ዗ም ሲ ርስ
ቘሕ ዇ቝ ላ዗ Aዙዴ ወ዗ም ኜ ቨኛ
2/ The floor area of any dwelling unit may not
መዲላላቭ ጦያስኜቭል ዒሚትል ኜጣኄ be less than that necessary to provide one
ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቞ቫኹ ቛጤቜቭ ሥራኹ኉ habitable room and a separate room
ኜመዩመሩ ቘ ቭ Aስ ላ ዳኹ኉ ዒመኜላኜያ containing toilet facilities.
ሥራ E኉ዛያኜኇኹ኉ ቘኜቨ ማኹ
Aስቨዙዙር ወ዗ም ቘቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል 3/ Any habitable room in any dwelling building
ጦጄዒቅ ዗ትላል፡፡ or dwelling unit, or any bedroom in any
building used for residential or institutional
2/ A኉ዞ኉ ህ኉ፃ ኜመዱ኉ቛቭ ወ዗ም ኜማ ረስ occupancy shall, in addition to the provision
ዴር ዒቨያያዂ ሥራ ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዙዙር of artificial lighting, be provided with at least
ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ኉ቝረቭ ቘጣኄ one opening for natural light.
ወ዗ም ቘEርሱ ቁጉጉር ሥር ቛጤ ኉ቝረቭ
4/ Any building, which is more than 20 meters
ጉ኉ኟሬ ዙረዬ ዙህ኉ኄቭ ጉራቭ ወ዗ም
above the ground floor, shall be provided
Aቀማመጉ ላ዗ ቭልቅ ጤኹጉ
with a lift or other similar service.
E኉ዙሚያመጇ ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዙዙር ኟመኄ
ቛጤቜቩ ቘሥራኹ ምኡ኉ያቭ ጤሚያዙርሰኹ
ዲዜቭ መጄዱኛ ዒሚኹል ማስያዣ ወ዗ም 5/ Lifts shall be made to provide service without
኷ስቭኇ E኉ዛሰጉ ጦጄ዗ቀኹ ዗ትላል፡፡ interruption.

3/ ኜዶ኉ቛቫ ቞ቫ ኡልል ኹጎ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ 34. Structure

ቁሳቁስ ወ዗ም ቨረ ዶ኉ቛቫ ዒቨጄራቀመ
ኜጣኄ ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም 1/ Any building and any structural element or
ዒቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ቘጽጭ ማስቫወቂያ component thereof shall be designed to
ቘሚዱጤጽ ዒዳ዆ ዱዙቝ ኹስጉ ቛጤቜቩ provide strength, stability, serviceability and
E኉ዛያኄሳ ጦያ዇ ዗ትላል፡፡ durability in accordance with accepted
principles of structural design. Such
buildings may not exhibit signs of structural
4/ ማኛኹም ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቞ቫ ቛጤቜቭ ወ዗ም failure during their life span under normal
ኜህ ኉ፃ ዶ኉ቛቫ ወ዗ም ማ ረስ ዴር loading.
ዒቨያያዂ ስራ ዒሚሰሩ ሰኺት ሥራኹ኉
ቘሚያኜኇኹኅ ቘቭ ዳ዆ ቘሥራኹ ቞ቫ ላ዗
E኉ዙ Aስ ላዳኄቩ ዳ዆ያ኶ መጄጤያ
ጦያሰሩ ዗ትላጥ፡፡ 2/ Any building shall be designed and
constructed in such a way that it shall not
5/ ማ኉ኛኹም ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቞ቫ ቛጤቜቭ ወ዗ም ዒህ኉ፃ impair the integrity of any other building or
ዶ኉ቛቫ ወ዗ም ማ ረስ ስራ ዒሚሰራ ሰኹ property.
ቘሥራኹ ላ዗ ጤሚሰማሩ ሰኺት ዒሚጣ኉
ቨቀቛ዗ ኄቭ ያጤኹ ዒ኉ጽህኇ ቞ቫ ቘዶ኉ቛቫ
ሥ ራኹ ላ዗ ወ዗ም ቘኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር 35. Electrical installation
ወ዗ም ቘቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ቃዞ ቘሌላ ቞ቫ
ላ዗ ሳያዂዴጅ ዒዶ኉ቛ ቫም ጣኄ ዒማ ረስ Electrical installation to buildings and materials
ሥራኹ኉ መዩመርም ጣኄ መቀጄል used thereof shall comply with the requirements
A዗ትልም፡፡ E኉ዛህ ያጤኹ ዇ዶጅቭ Eስኞዙረዶ of safety standards so that no danger associated
ዞረስ ሥራኹ E኉ዛቆም ዗ዙረዴል፡፡ with the electrical installations exists.

6/ ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ

Aኟል ቘዶ኉ቛቫ ወቅቭ ጦወሰዚ ዒሚዱቛተ
ኹ኉ ዒጉ኉ቃቄ Eርምዬኺት ጤመኜቫቨል
ዒሚያስትል ዒAሠራር ስልቭ ጦቀ዗ስ
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዗ትላል፡፡
PART FOUR
WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION

36. Facilities for Physically Impaired Persons

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"3. ስጤ Aርኞቬኡተር 1/ Any public building shall have a means of

access suitable for use by physically impaired
persons, including those who are obliged to
1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ኡ ል ወ዗ም ቞ቫ ጉቅም ላ዗ use wheelchairs and those who are able to
ጤሚኹልቘቭ ዓላማ ዒሚመጉ኉ ስ ቭ walk but unable to negotiate steps.
ያጤኹ መጣ኉ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡

2/ ዒማ኉ኛኹም መኊሪያ ቜቭ ወጤል ስ ቭ 2/ Where toilet facilities are required in any

A኉ዞ መኊሪያ ኡ ልኇ A኉ዞ ዒቨጤዒ building, as adequate number of such
መ ዜዬ ቜቭ ጦያሳር ኜሚትል መጄ኉ facilities shall be made suitable for use by
ያኄሰ መጣ኉ ዒጤቘቭም፡፡ physically impaired persons and shall be
assessable to them.
3/ ቘማ኉ኛኹም ዒመኊሪያ ሕ኉ፃ ኹስጉ ዒሚዱኑ
ዒመኊሪያ ኡ ል ወ዗ም ጤመኊሪያኄቭ ወ዗ም
ጤቨቋምኄቭ ቘሚያዱጤዶል ሕ኉ፃ ኹስጉ ያጤ ዒመ 37. Water Supply
ኑቫ ኡ ል ኜሰኹ ሰራሽ ቝርጠ኉ ማዶኛ መ኉ዱዞ
ቘቨጨማሪ ዒቨ ጉሮ ቝርጠ኉ ዒሚያዱኑቘቭ 1/ Any building intended for occupancy by
ቚያ኉ስ A኉ዞ ኡ ቨቭ ጦኊረኹ ዗ዱቛል፡፡ people shall be provided with adequate water
supply. Such water supply shall have
4/ ኜመሬቭ ወጤል ኜ! ሜቭር ቘላ዗ ኜ ቫ adequate distribution and storage system.
ያጤኹ ማ኉ኛኹም ህ኉ፃ ዒAሳ኉ሰር ወ዗኉ም
ቨመሳሳ዗ Aዱልዶጪቭ ጦኊረኹ ዗ዱቛል፡፡ 2/ Water supply systems to any building shall
comply with health standards.
5/ Aሳ኉ሰሮት ያጤማቋረጉ Aዱልዶጪቭ E኉ዛ
ሰጅ መዙረዶ ዗ኊርቛተ኷ል፡፡ 3/ Water supply systems to any building shall be
accessible for inspection and testing.
"4. ስጤ ስቭራኡተር
38. Sewerage
1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ህ኉ፃኇ ዒህ኉ፃኹ ኡ ል ወ዗ም
Aኟል ቨቀቛ዗ኄቭ ቛጤኹ ዒህ኉ፃ ዛዅ዗኉
ዙ኉ቝ መሠረቭ ጉ኉ኟሬ኉ ቨዙላዞጪ 1/ Where in respect of any building a suitable
መቨኜ ል኉ ጤጉዱኇ ሥራ Aዱልዶጪቭ means of sewage disposal is available, the
Aመቲኄቭ኉ E኉ዛሁም ዂጤቄቫ኶ owner of such building shall provide a
Aስቨማማኑኄቭ኉ ጦያረ ዴዶጉ ዒሚትል sewerage installation.
ጣኊ ዛዅ዗኉ መዙረዶ Aጤ ቘቭ፡፡ E኉ዛህ
2/ Where any person has not any suitable sewage
ያጤኹ ዶ኉ቛቫ ቘAዱልዶጪቭ ዂመኅ
disposal in his vicinity he shall use any other
ኜቨመዙቘጤቭ ሸኡም ቘላ዗ Eስኟል ቨጏኄ
acceptable means to discharge his waste
ዞረስ ዒስቭራኡተር ትዶር ጦቫ዗ቘቭ water.
A዗ዱቛም፡፡
39. Control of Objectionable Discharge
2/ ማ኉ኛኹም ዶ኉ቛቫ ዒሌጪት ዶ኉ቛቫኺት኉
ወ዗ም ኉ቝረቮት኉ ዙህ኉ኄቭ ቘማያሰዴ 1/ No person may cause or permit sewage
መ኉ዱዞ ዛዅ዗኉ መዙረዶኇ መዱ኉ቛቭ discharged from any sanitary fixture to enter
዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡ any water drain or constructed watercourse,
river, stream, street or any other site.
"5. ዒኤሌኡቭሪኡ መስመር ቨኜላ

ጤA኉ዞ ዶ኉ቛቫ ዒሚዙረዱኹ ዒኤሌኡቭሪኡ መስ

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መር ቨኜላ E኉ዛሁም ጉቅም ላ዗ ዒሚኹጤኹ

ቁሳ ቁስ ዒዙህ኉ኄቭ ዙ኉቞ት኉ ዒጄቘቀኇ
ኜኤሌኡቨሪኡ መስመር ቨኜላኹ ዴር ቘቨያያዂ 2/ No person may cause or permit any drainage
ም኉ም A዗ኄቭ Aዙዴ ቘማያስኜቭል መልኝ water to enter a sewerage installation.
መሠራቭ ዗ኊር ቘቫል፡፡
40. Industrial Effluent
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Where a person has obtained approval to
discharge into any drain any liquid or solid
ኡ ል Aራቭ matter, other than soil water or waste water, and
ዒኹጠ Aቅር቞ቭኇ ሳኆቬሽ኉ where any additional drainage and other
installations including storage, pre-treatment and
"6. ዒAኟል ዲዜቭ ላጤቛተኹ ሰኺት ስጤሚ metering installations are required by the urban
ዙረዲ ዇ዶጅቮት administration or designated organ as a condition
of such approval, such person shall submit any
1/ ቘማ኉ኛኹም ዒሕ዇ቝ መዱልዱያ ህ኉ፃ ኹስጉ plans and other details of such installations
ቘቨሽኜርኟሪ ወ኉ቘር ጤመ኉ቀሳቀስ ዒሚዱዙ required by the urban administration or
ዚቭ኉ኇ መራመዞ ዒሚትጥ ጣኊ ዙረዬ designated organ.
መኹጇቭ ዒሚሳኇተኹ኉ ጨምሮ ዒAኟል
41. Non-Water Borne Means of Sanitary Disposal
ዲዜቭ ላጤቛተኹ ሰኺት ዒሚመት መዜረሻ
መዂዴዩቭ Aጤቘቭ፡፡ Where water-bone sewage disposal is not
available, other means of sewage disposal shall be
2/ ዒመ ዜዬ ቜቭ ጦሠራቘቭ ቘሚዱቛ ቘማኇተ permitted by the urban administration or
ኹም ህ኉ፃ ኹስጉ ዒAኟል ዲዜቭ ላጤቛተኹ designated organ; provided however, that in the
ሰኺት ዒሚመቱኇ ጦዙርሱቛተኹ ዒሚትጥ case of chemical or pail closets an acceptable
ቘቂ መጄ኉ ያላተኹ መ ዜዬ ቜቮት መኊር means shall be available for the removal and
Aጤቛተኹ፡፡ disposal of sewage from such closets.

"7 ዒኹጠ Aቅር቞ቭ 42. Storm Water Disposal

1/ ጤሰኺት Aዱልዶጪቭ ዒቫሰቘ ማ኉ኛኹም

1/ The owner of any site shall provide acceptable
ህ኉ፃ ቘቂ ዒኹጠ Aቅር቞ቭ ጦኊረኹ
means for the control and disposal of
዗ዱቛል፡፡ ዒኹጠ Aቅር቞ቭ ዇ዶጅቩ ቘቂ accumulated storm water that may run off
ሥር጑ቭ Eኇ ዒማኜማታ ዂዝ ጦኊረኹ from any earth works, building or pavement.
዗ዱቛል፡፡

2/ ዒማ኉ኛኹም ዶ኉ቛቫ ዒኹጠ Aቅር቞ቭ ዂዝ 2/ The owner of any site shall provide suitable
ዒገኇ ዙረዬኹ኉ ዒጄቘቀ መጣ኉ Aጤቘቭ፡፡ means to absorb part of the run off water
within the site.
3/ ዒማ኉ኛኹም ዶ኉ቛቫ ዒኹጠ Aቅር቞ቭ
Aሠራር ጤምርመራኇ ጤሙኜራ ዒሚመት 43. Refuse Disposal
መጣ኉ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡
Any building, excluding dwelling house, in which
refuse is generated, shall be provided with an
"8. ዒ ሳሽ Aወዴዱዞ
adequate storage area for refuse containers.
1/ A኉ዞ ዶ኉ቛቫ ቘAቅራቚያኹ ቨስማሚ
ዒጣኄ ሳሽ ቆሻሻ ማስወዱዬ ዂዝ ሲኊረኹ
ዒዶ኉ ቛቫኹ ቛጤቜቭ ዒ ሳሽ
መቨላጤ ያኹ኉ ማዂ ዴዩቭ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡

2/ ማ኉ኛኹም ሰኹ ቘAቅራቚያኹ ቨስማሚ

ዒጣኄ ዒ ሳሽ ቆሻሻ ማስወዱዬ ኜሌኹ ቨቀቛ
዗ኄቭ ቛጤኹ ሌላ መ኉ዱዞ ሳሹ኉
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ማስወዱዞ ዗ኊርቘቫል፡፡
PART FIVE
"9. ቨቀቛ዗ኄቭ ዒሌላተኹ኉ ሳሾት መቆጇጄር FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE FIGHTING
INSTALLATION
1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ሰኹ ኜመ ዜዬ Aዱልዶጪቭ መስጏ
ኺት ዒሚወጇ኉ ሳሽ ቆሻሻ ወዙማ኉ኛኹም 44. General Requirement
ዒዷር ማስወዱዬ ቞዗ ወ዗ም ቘሌላ መልኝ ወዙ
ቨዱኄቛ ዒኹጠ መስመር ወ኉዇ ም኉጑ ዷዜኇ Any public building shall be designed and
ወ዗ም ሌላ ስ ራ መልቀቅ ወ዗ም E኉ዛጤቀቅ constructed in accordance with acceptable fire
መ ቀዞ ዒጤቘቭም፡፡ protection design standards so that it becomes fire
4 6)(2
resistant and, if fire occurs, it minimizes accident
to its users and its surroundings.

2/ ማ኉ኛኹም ሰኹ ዒዷር ኹሀ ቘዒቭኛኹም

቞ቫ ላ዗ ወዙሚዱኑ ሳሽ ማስወዱዬ 45. Fire Fighting Installation
E኉ዛዱቛ ማዞረዶ ወ዗ም መ ቀዞ
Any approved fire fighting installation may be
ዒጤቘቭም፡፡
connected to the water supply system of the urban
administration or designated organ; provided,
#. ዒI኉ዚስቭሪ ዇ቃ጑ however, that the urban administration or
designated organ may, subject to any conditions it
ማ኉ኛኹ኉ም ሳሽ ወ዗ም ጄጇር ኄዱር A ር may consider necessary, allow such fire fighting
ዒያዂ኉ ኹጠ ወ዗ም ቆሻሻ ኹሀ኉ ሳ዗ጨምር
installation to be connected to:
ወዙማ኉ኛኹም ሳሽ ማስቨላጤ ያ E኉ዛጤቅ ቃዞ
ዒቨሰጄኹ ሰኹ ዒ ሳሽ ማኜማታ኉ ማጇሪያኇ
ዒመጄ኉ መጤኞያ኉ Aኟቮ ቨጨማሪ ዒ ሳሽ
1/ any approved alternative source of supply; or
ማስቨላጤ ያ ቨኜላ ወ዗ም ሌላ ቨጨማሪ ሥራ
E኉ዛያኜኇኹ኉ ቃዚ ሲሰጄኹ ቘኜቨማኹ
Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ቘቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ዒቨጄዒቀ
E኉ዙጣኄ ዒዄህኅ ቨኜላ ላ኉ኇ ሌጪት Aስ ላዳ
዇ር዇ሮት ጤኜቨማኹ Aስቨዙዙር ወ዗ም ጤቨሰዒመኹ 2/ any source of non potable water, where such
Aኟል ማቅረቝ Aጤቘቭ፡፡ water is not to be used for domestic or any
other purpose which, in the opinion of the
urban administration or designated organ
might give rise to health hazard.
#1. ኹሀ Aልቛ ቆሻሻ ማስወዱዬ

ቘኹጠ Aማኟኑኄቭ ቆሻሻ ዒማስወዱዬ ዶ኉ቛቫ 46. Supply of Water for Fire Protection
ቘሌጤቘቭ ቞ቫ ሌጪት ቆሻሻ ማስወዱዬ ዂዝኺት
ጉቅም ላ዗ E኉ዛኹጥ ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር Water may not be taken from a supply system for
ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ጦ ቅዞ ዗ትላል use by any fire fighting installation, unless:
ጣኊም አሚኟል ወ዗ም ዇ዶ ቆሻሻ ማስወዱዬ
ቘሚኊርቘቭ ዳ዆ ቆሻሻኹ኉ ኜEቃኹ ጤማስወዱዞ 1/ the use of such fire protection installation and
ቨቀቛ዗ኄቭ ያጤኹ ዂዝ ጦኊር ዗ዱቛል፡፡ water complies with any conditions
prescribed by the urban administration or
#2. ዒዷር ኹሀ ስጤማስወዱዞ designated organ.

1/ ዒማ኉ኛኹም ዗ወቫ ቞ጤቜቭ ቘማኇተኹም

2/ the permission of the urban administration or
ዒA ር ሥራ ዶ኉ቛቫ ወ዗ም ዞልዙላ
designated organ has been obtained upon
ምኡ኉ያቭ ቨጄራቅሞ ዒሚ ሰኹ኉ ዒዷር submitting an application for the supply of
ኹሀ ጤመቆጇጄርኇ ጤማስወዱዞ ቨቀቛ዗ኄቭ such water and
ያጤኹ ዂዝ ጦኊር ዗ዱቛል ፡፡

2/ ዒማ኉ኛኹም ዗ወቫ ቛጤቜቭ ኜ዇ኇቝ ኹጠ

ዒቨወሰኄኹ ቘ዗ወቫኹ ኹስጉ ሰርዷ
E኉ዛቀር ቨስማሚ ዂዝ መጄቀም
Aጤቘቭ፡፡
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#3. ዒዙረቅ ቆሻሻ ማስወዱዬ PART SIX

CULPABLE INFRINGEMENTS OF BUILDING
ዒመኊሪያ ቜቭ኉ ሳ዗ጨምር ዙረቅ ቆሻሻ RULES
ዒሚያመኄ጑ ማ኉ኛኹም ዶ኉ቛቫ ዒዙረቅ ቆሻሻ
47. Application of the Criminal Code
ማኜማታ ዒሚቀመጉቘቭ ቘቂ ቞ቫ ጦኊረኹ
዗ዱቛል፡፡ 1/ Offences committed by government officials and
other civil servants who are entrusted with the
power of issuing construction work permits for
construction works, or offences committed by
registered professionals, contractors or by building
owners in contravention of the provisions of this
Proclamation shall be punishable in accordance
with the provisions stipulated under this part.
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2/ Notwithstanding the provisions of sub article
(1) of this Article, the provisions of the
ኡ ል Aምስቭ General Part of the Criminal Code relating to
Eሳቭ መኜላኜልኇ ዒEሳቭ ማጉ ያ ቨኜላ the commission of a crime and the sentencing
thereof shall be applicable for crimes
#4. ጄቅላላ መስ ርቭ specified herein.

ማ኉ኛኹም ዒህ዇ቝ መዱልዱያ ህ኉ፃ ቨቀቛ዗ኄቭ

48. Improper Granting of Work Permit
ቛጤኹ ዒEሳቭ መኜላኜያ ዛዅ዗኉ መስ ርቭ
መሠረቭ ዒEሳቭ Aዙዴ኉ ጦቋቋምኇ ዒEሳቭ 1/ A building officer, or any other person who is
Aዙዴ ቚኜሰቭ ቘቨጄቃሚኺትኇ ቘAኟቛቚኹ vested with the power of granting permit for
ላ዗ ዒሚዙርሰኹ኉ Aዙዴ ጦቀ኉ስ ቘሚትል construction works intentionally :
መልኡ ዛዅ዗኉ ጦዙረዶኇ ጦዱኄቛ ዗ዱቛ኷ል፡፡

#5. ስጤEሳቭ ማጉ ያ ቨኜላ a) grants construction work permit to a person

who has no legal possession on the land on
which the building is to be constructed; or
ቃዞ ቨዱኑቮ ዒቨቨኜጤ ማ኉ኛኹም ዒEሳቭ
ማጉ ያ ዒኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም
ዒቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል ኜዂረዴኹ ዒኹጠ መስመር b) grants construction work permit to a person
ኹሀ መጄቀም ዗ትላል፡፡ ጣኊም ዒኜቨማኹ whose documents supporting the application
Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ዒቨሰዒመኹ Aኟል Aስ ላዳ are illegal or falsified; or
ጣኊ ዒቨዱኌኹ኉ ቅዞመ ሁኈቫ ቘማስቅመጉ
E኉ዛህ ያጤኹ ዒEሳቭ ማጉ ያ c) grants an occupancy permit to a person
whose building design or the construction
1/ ኜሌላ Aማራ጑ ዒኹጠ መስመር ወ዗ም thereof is not in compliance with the relevant
plan of the urban center in which such a
building is to be constructed;
is punishable with rigorous imprisonment from
2/ ቘኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ቘቨሰዒመኹ five years to ten years and a fine not less than birr
Aኟል Eምኄቭ ቘገኇ ላ዗ ትዶር ten thousand and not exceeding fifty thousand birr.
ጦያስኜቭል ቘሚትል መልኝ ጤሌላ
Aዱልዶጪቭ Eስኟል ኷ጤ ዞረስ ጤመጄጉኄቭ
ኜማያዱጤዶል ዒኹጠ መስመር ኹሀ
E኉ዛጄቀም ጦ ቅዞ ዗ትላል፡፡ 2/ Where the crime specified in sub article (1)
of this Article is committed negligently the
penalty shall be imprisonment from one year
to five years and a fine not less than one
#6. ስጤEሳቭ መኜላኜያ ዒኹጠ Aቅር቞ቭ
thousand birr and not exceeding birr five
thousand.
ጤማ኉ኛኹም ዒEሳቭ ማጉ ያ ዒሚኹል ዒኹጠ
መስመር ዇ርዴቫ
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1/ ዒEሳቭ መኜላኜያ መሣሪያኹኇ ዒኹጠ Aጄ 49. Breach of Duty to Supervise

ቃቀም ኜኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ኜቨሰ
ዒመኹ Aኟል መስ ርቭ ዴር ዒሚስማማ
1/ Any building officer or other public servant or any
መጣኅ ኟልቨረዴዱጄ other person under contractual agreement, who is
entrusted with supervising a building under
2/ ጤኜቨማኹ Aስቨዜዙር ወ዗ም ጤቨሰዒመኹ construction in accordance with this Proclamation,
Aኟል ቘቅዞሚያ ማመልኜታ ቀር቞ ቃዞ intentionally refrains from stopping or causing the
ኟልቨሰጄ stoppage of the construction of a building the
illegality of which he knows or should have
ጦኜኇወ኉ A዗ትልም፡፡ known shall be punishable with rigorous
imprisonment from five years up to ten years and
with a fine not less than birr ten thousand and not
exceeding fifty thousand birr.

4 6)(4 2/ Where the crime specified in sub article (1)

of this Article is committed negligently, the
penalty shall be imprisonment from one year
ኡ ል ስዞስቭ
to five years and a fine not less than one
ዒህ኉ፃ ሥራ ህጐት኉ ዒሚመጤኜቩ ዞ኉ዴድኺት኉ thousand birr and not exceeding birr five
ስጤመጇስ thousand.

#7. ዒወ኉ዩል ህዲ ቨ ፃሚኄቭ

50. Undue delay of Matters
1/ ዒዄህ኉ A኷ጅ ዞ኉ዴድኺት ቘመቨላጤ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ
ሥራ ቃዞ኉ ቘሚሰጅ ዒመ኉ዶሥቭ ኃላ ኺት
Eኇ ዗ህ኉ኅ E኉ዛያኜኇኹኅ ጠላ ኄቭ A building officer or any other public servant
ቘቨሰጇተኹ ሌጪት ዒመ኉ዶሥቭ ሠራቨኒት vested with the power of the building officer, or
ቘቨመዂዱ቙ ቛጤሙያኺት ወ዗ም ሥራ who is in charge, at any level, of issuing any
ቨቋራጒት E኉ዛ ሁም ቘዶ኉ቛቫ ቛጤቜቮት document under his authority, with intent to
ዒሚ ሙ ጉ ቮት ቘዄህ ኡ ል ኹስጉ obtain an advantage, directly or indirectly, from
ቘቨመጤኜቨኹ መሠረቭ ዗ወሰኇጥ፡፡ any person interested in a matter brought to his
attention by reason of his responsibility, or to
2/ ዒዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ ዞ኉ዴድ benefit or injure any other party interested in such
E኉ዙቨጄቘቀ ጣኊ ቘዄህ ኡ ል ኹስጉ matter, fails, without good cause to decide on
ቘቨመጤኜቩ ጉ ቮት A ጻጸምኇ ዒቅጇቭ matters related to any construction work to which
Aወሳሰ኉ ረዱዞ Aዶቛቝኄቭ ያላተኹ specific period is set by Regulation to be issued
ዒወ኉ዩል ህዲ ዒጄቅላላ ኡ ል ዞ኉ዴድኺት for the implementation of this Proclamation, or
ቨ ፃሚኄቭ ዒቨጄቘቀ ኄኹ፡፡ abuses the interested party contrary to law, or
accepted office practices, is punishable with
#8. ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞ኉ Aላዶቛቝ ስጤመስጄቭ simple imprisonment extending from six months
to three years and a fine from birr five hundred up
1/ ቘዄህ A኷ጅ መሠረቭ ዒህ኉ፃ ዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞ to three thousand birr
ጤመስጄቭ ሥልጇ኉ ዒቨሰጄኹ ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም
ወ዗ም ዗ህ኉ኅ ቨዶቛር E኉ዛያኜኇኹ኉ ኃላ ኄቭ 51. Concealment of Facts and Making False
ዒቨ ሰጄኹ ማ኉ኛኹም ሰኹ ጣ኉ ቝጪ፡- Statements

ሀ/ Aዶቛቝ ቛጤኹ Aኟል ዒቨሰጄ ህዴ኶ ዒመ 1/ Any public servant who is entrusted with the
ሬቭ ዗ወቫ ማረዴዱጏ ጤሌጤኹ ሰኹ filing, keeping, or verifying or delivering of
ቘ቞ቫኹ ላ዗ ጤሚኜኇወ኉ ዶ኉ቛቫ documents related to the possession and use
ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞ ዒሰጄ E኉ዙጣኄ ወ዗ም of land, as well as documents related to the
construction of buildings thereon, with intent
ጤ/ ቘAስረያኄቭ ዒቀረቘኹ ሰኄዞ ህዴ኶ኄቭ to injure the rights or interests of an other, or
ሳ዗ኊረኹ ጤዄሁ ሰኄዞ Eኹቅኇ to procure for himself or to another undue
ቘመስጄቭ ዒቨጄዒቀኹ኉ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞ advantage:
ዒሰጄ E኉ዙጣኄ ወ዗ም
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ሐ/ ጤ ላ኉ ስምምኄቭ ዒቀረቘ኉ ማመልኜታ

ቨቀቝጪ ኜኜቨማኹ ላ኉ ዴር ጤማ዗ጇ a) procures a false statement which is not
ጇም ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ጉያቄ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቃዞ certified in a document, or contrary to
ዒሰጄ ወ዗ም ቘዄህ መሠረቭ ጤቨኜኇወኄ the fact which is evidenced by such
ዶ኉ቛቫ ዒመጄቀሚያ ቃዞ ዒሰጄ document; or
E኉ዙጣኄ
ኜAምስቭ ዓመቭ Eስኜ Aሥር ዓመቭ ቘሚዙርስ b) omits to declare or refrains from
ኅ Eሥራቭ Eኇ ኜቝር Aሥር ሺህ ቘማያ኉ስኇ procuring a substantial fact contained in
ኜቝር ሀምሳ ሺህ ቘማ዗ቘልጉ ዒዱ኉ዂቝ መቀጒ a document which is capable of altering
዗ቀጇል፡፡ the decision to be rendered;
is punishable from five years to ten years
2/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ ዒቨመጤኜቨኹ and with a fine from birr ten thousand to
ጉ ቭ ዒቨ መኹ ቘተልቨኑኄቭ ዒጣኄ E኉ዙጣኄ twenty thousand.
ቅጇቩ ኜA኉ዞ ዓመቭ Eስኜ Aምስቭ ዓመቭ
ጦዙርስ ቘሚትል Eሥራቭኇ ኜቝር A኉ዞ ሺ
2/ Where such declaration or omission is
Eስኜ ቝር Aምስቭ ሺ ቘሚዙርስ ዒዱ኉ዂቝ
committed by a public servant whose
መቀጒ ዗ጣኇል፡፡
4 6)(5 professional knowledge or his responsibility
permits him to understand the consequences
of the same, the penalty shall be from five
#9. ዒመቆጇጄር ዶዝቫ኉ ቛጤማኡቘር ህዱወጉ years to fifteen years imprisonment and a fine
ዶ኉ቛቫ E኉ዛኜኇወ኉ ስጤመርዜቭ from ten thousand to fifty thousand birr.

1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ወ዗ም ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራ኉

ዒመቆጇጄር ኃላ ኄቭ ዒቨሰጄኹ ሌላ ዒመ኉ዶ 3/ Where the crime specified in sub article (1)
ሥቭ ሠራቨኛ ወ዗ም ዗ህ኉ኅ ቨዶቛር of this Article is committed negligently, the
ጤማኜኇወ኉ ቘኹል ኃላ ኄቭ ዒቨሰጄኹ ሰኹ ጣ኉ penalty shall be imprisonment from one year
ቝጪ ቘዄህ A኷ጅ መሠረቭ ጦኜኇወ኉ to five years and a fine from birr one
ዒሚዱቛኹ኉ ዒቁጉጉር ሥራ ሳያኜኇኹ኉ thousand up to birr five thousand.
ቘመቅረቭ ቘህዶ ዒቨዙኄዱዲቭ኉ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ዙ኉቞ት
ሳ዗ኜቨል Eዒቨኜኇወኄ ዒሚዱ ኌኹ኉ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ 52. Unauthorized Practice
ሥራ ሳያስቆም ወ዗ም E኉ዛቆም ሳያስዙርዶ
ዶ኉ቛቫኹ ዒቨጄኇቀቀ E኉ዙጣኄ ኜAምስቭ Any registered contractor or sub contractor who is
ዓመቭ Eስኜ Aሥር ዓመቭ ቘሚዙርስ ጽኅ
found to have built a building the type of which
Eሥራቭ Eኇ ኜAሥር ሺህ ቝር Eስኜ ጠምሳ
should not have been performed by the qualified
ሺህ ቘሚዙርስ ዒዱ኉ዂቝ ቅጇቭ ዗ቀጇል፡፡ level issued to him by the relevant body or a
person, without having any qualified license, is
2/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ ዒቨመጤ found to engage in construction the kind of which
ኜቨኹ ጉ ቭ ዒቨ መኹ ቘተልቨኑኄቭ should have be performed by qualification, is
ዒጣኄ E኉ዙጣኄ ቅጇቩ ኜA኉ዞ ዓመቭ Eስኜ punishable with rigorous imprisonment from five
Aምስቭ ዓመቭ ጦዙርስ ቘሚትል years up to ten years and with a fine from five
Eሥራቭኇ ኜቝር A኉ዞ ሺ Eስኜ ቝር thousand to ten thousand birr.
Aምስቭ ሺ ቘሚዙርስ ዒዱ኉ዂቝ መቀጒ
዗ጣኇል፡፡

$. ቛጤዲዜ዗኉ Aላዶቛቝ ማዲላላቭ 53. Use of Improper Materials or Defective

Workmanship
ማ኉ኛኹም ዒህ኉ፃ ሹም ወ዗ም Eርሱ኉
1/ Any registered contractor or sub contractor
ቘመወኜል E኉ዛሰራ ኃላ ኄቭ ዒቨሰጄኹ ሌላ who is issued with a work permit by the
ዒመ኉ዶሥቭ ሠራቨኛ ወ዗ም ቘዒዙረዬኹ relevant authority፡
ዒቨጤያዓ መረዬ ኺት኉ ወ዗ም ሰኄዟት኉
ጤመስጄቭ ኃላ ኄቭ ዒቨሰጄኹ ዒመ኉ዶሥቭ a) performs a construction work with a low
ሠራቨኛ ቛጤዲዜ዗኉ ጤመዲዜቭ ወ዗ም quality or below standard material in
ቘቀጉቫም ጣኄ ቘቨዂ኷኷ሪ መ኉ዱዞ ኜቛጤዲዜዓ contravention of the standard set or the
ዒዱ኉ዂቝ ወ዗ም ሌላ ጉቅም ጤማዶኌቭ ቘማሰቝ accepted practice for such type of
ያጤ ቘቂ ምኡ኉ያቭ ቘዄህ A኷ጅ መሠረቭ construction; or
ቘሚወጇ ዙ኉ቝ ቘቨወሰኄ ዒዳ዆ ዱዙቝ ኹስጉ
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E኉ዛኜኇወኅ ዒቨመጤኜቩቭ኉ ዲዜዘት

ጤማኜኇወ኉ ቃዙኛ ቛጤመጣ኉ ኜህዶ ወ዗ም b) performs a construction work which
ኜቨጤመዚ ዒAሠራር ሁኈቫኺት ኹጎ causes damage as a result of his failure
ቛጤዲዜዓ኉ ያዲላላ E኉ዙጣኄ ኜስዞስቭ ወር to rectify the errors on the design or
Eስኜ ሦስቭ ዓመቭ ጦዙርስ ቘሚትል ቀላል other contract documents which were
easily detectable by a professional of his
Eሥራቭ Eኇ ኜቝር Aምስቭ መቮ Eስኜ ቝር
kind;
ሶስቭ ሺ ቘሚዙርስ ዱ኉ዂቝ ዗ቀጇል፡፡
is punishable with rigorous imprisonment
from five years up to ten years and a fine
from fifty thousand to hundred thousand birr.
$1. መረዬ ስጤመዙቘቅኇ ዒቨሳሳቨ መረዬ
ስጤመስጄቭ

1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ኜዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራ ዴር ቘቨያያዂ ዒ቞ቫ 2/ Any owner of a building who

Aጄቃቀምኇ ዗ወቫ኉ E኉ዛሁም ቘዄህ A኷ጅ
መሠረቭ ኜዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራ A ፃ ም ዴር ቨያያ
¡ ኄቭ ያላተኹ኉ መረዬኺት ዒማስ ር ሰኄዟት኉ a) causes the drawing up of the design or
ዒመያ዇ ወ዗ም ዒመጄቘቅ ዒሰኄዟት኉ ቭኡኡ the construction work of such
ጤኛኄቭ ዒማረዴዱጉ ወ዗ም ዒመስጄቭ ኃላ ኄቭ construction by a person who is neither
ዒቨሰጄኹ ዒመ኉ዶሥቭ ሠራቨኛ ቘዲዜዓ ጉቅም qualified nor authorized to perform such
ያጤኹ኉ ሰኹ ጤመጉቀም ወ዗ም ጤመዲዜቭ works; or.
ወ዗ም ጤራሱ ወ዗ም ጤሌጪት ቨዱቚ ያልጣኄ
ጉቅም ጤማስዱኌቭ ቘማሰቝ b) makes use of low quality materials
4 6)(6
which are not acceptable for the type of
construction in question; or.
ሀ/ ቘሰኄዞ ያልቨረዴዱጄ መረዬ ወ዗ም
ሰኄዞ ኜሚያስረዜኹ ዒቨጤዒ መረዬ c) puts his building into a service to which
ዒሰጄ E኉ዙጣኄ ወ዗ም an occupancy permit is not obtained or
to a service other than to which a permit
ጤ/ ቘቭኡኡል መዶጤጽ ያጤቘቭ኉ ሁኈቫ is obtained from the relevant body, or
ዒሚ ያስዱኌኹ኉ ኹገቭ ጤማስቀረቭ
d) constructs or causes the construction of his
ወሳኑ ኄቭ ያጤኹ኉ ሬ ኄዱር ያስቀረ
building in any other manner which
E኉ዙ ጣኄ endangers public safety;
ኜAምስቭ ዓመቭ Eስኜ Aሥር ዓመቭ ቘሚዙርስ is punishable with imprisonment from five years
Eሥራቭ Eኇ ኜቝር Aሥር ሺህ Eስኜ ቝር ጠያ to ten years and a fine from birr twenty thousand
ሺህ ቘሚዙርስ ዒዱ኉ዂቝ መቀጒ ዗ቀጇል፡፡ to fifty thousand.

2/ ዒቨሳሳቨኹ መረዬ ዒቨሰጄኹ መረዬኹ ዒሚ

ያስኜቭጤኹ኉ ዲዜቭ ጤመረዜቭ ዒሙያ Eኹ 3/ Where the crimes specified in sub article (1)
ቀቩ ወ዗ም ዒሥራኹ ኃላ ኄቭ ቘሚ ቅዞ and (2) of this Article are committed
ጤቭ ሠራቨኛ ዒጣኄ E኉ዙጣኄ ቅጇቩ ኜAም negligently, the penalties shall be
ስቭ ዓመቭ Eስኜ Aሥራ Aምስቭ ዓመቭ imprisonment from one year to five years and
ቘሚዙርስ ጽኅ Eሥራቭ Eኇ ኜቝር Aሥር a fine from birr one thousand up to birr five
thousand.
ሺህ Eስኜ ቝር ጠምሳ ሺህ ቘሚዙርስ
ዒዱ኉ዂቝ መቀጒ ዗ቀጇል፡፡
54. Breach the Duty of Proper Consultancy
3/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ ዒቨመጤ
ኜቨኹ ጉ ቭ ዒቨ መኹ ቘተልቨኑኄቭ 1/ Any registered professional who is involved
ዒጣኄ E኉ዙጣኄ ቅጇቩ ኜA኉ዞ ዓመቭ Eስኜ in a construction work as a design or
Aምስቭ ዓመቭ ጦዙርስ ቘሚትል construction consultant:
Eሥራቭኇ ኜቝር A኉ዞ ሺ Eስኜ ቝር
Aምስቭ ሺ ቘሚዙርስ ዒዱ኉ዂቝ መቀጒ a) prepares the design or other relevant
዗ጣኇል፡፡ documents of a construction without
having due regard to the general safety
$2. ዙረዬኹ ዒማ዗ ቅዞጤቭ ዶ኉ቛቫ ማኜኇወ኉ regulations set forth for such specific
work; or
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ማ኉ኛኹም ቘዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራ E኉ዛሰማራ ቃዞ

ዒቨ ሰጄኹ ዒህ኉ፃ ሥራ ቨቋራ጑ ቘ኷ኇኄቭ b) advises or permits a contractor or a
ወ዗ም ቘ኉Uስ ሥራ ቨቋራ጑ኄቭ Aዶቛቝኄቭ supplier to procure or use a cheaper or,
ቛጤኹ Aኟል ዒቨሰጄኹ ዒሙያ ዙረዬ unwarranted quality or different material
ዒማ዗ ቅዞጤቭ኉ ማ኉ኛ ኹ኉ም ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራ which is not acceptable by normal
Aኜኇኹኊ ዒቨዱኌ E኉ዙጣኄ ወ዗ም ማ኉ኛኹም standards for the specific work, or
Aዶቛቝ ኟጤኹ Aኟል ዒቨሰጄ ዒሙያ ቃዞ relieves him of using a specific material
ሳ዗ኊረኹ ቘቛጤሙያ ጦሰራ ዒሚዱቛኹ኉ ዶ኉ቛቫ essential thereto; or
ሠርቮ ዒቨዱኌ E኉ዙጣኄ ኜAምስቭ ዓመቭ Eስኜ
Aሥር ዓመቭ ቘሚዙርስ ኅ Eሥራቭ Eኇ ኜቝር c) approves a construction work capable of
Aምስቭ ሺህ Eስኜ ቝር Aሥር ሺህ ዗ቀጇል፡፡
endangering public safely or the life,
$3. ዙረዬኹ኉ ያልጄቘቀ ዶ኉ቛቫ ስጤማኜኇወ኉ health or person of others or the safety of

1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ቘዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራ E኉ዛሰማራ the property of another;

ቃዞ ዒቨሰጄኹ ዒህ኉ፃ ሥራ ቨቋራ጑ is punishable with rigorous imprisonment
ቘ኷ኇኄቭ ወ዗ም ቘ኉Uስ ቨቋራ጑ኄቭ
from five to fifteen years or a fine from birr
ሲሰራ
thirty thousand up to fifty thousand.
ሀ/ ዒዶ኉ቛቫኹ ዛዅ዗኉ ዒሚጄ዗ቀኹ኉ ዒዶ
኉ቛቫ Eቃ ዙረዬ ቛጤመጄቘቅ ዒጉራቭ
ወ዗ም ዒጉ኉ኟሬ ዙረዬኹ኉ ቛላሟላ ዒዶ
኉ቛቫ Eቃ ወ዗ም ቘሙያኹ ዂር ቨቀ 2/ Where the crime specified in sub article (1)
ቛ዗ኄቭ ያጤኹ኉ Aሰራር ሳ዗ኜቨል of this Article is committed negligently, the
ዒሰራ E኉ዙጣኄ ወ዗ም penalty shall be imprisonment from one year
4 6)(7
to five years and a fine from birr one
thousand up to five thousand.
ጤ/ ቘዛዅ዗኉ ወ዗ም ቘሌጪት ዒኹጤቫ ሰኄ
ዟት ቘዶልጽ ዒቨመጤኜቩ ዒሥራ
ሁኈቫ ኺት኉ ቘቛጤሙያ ጦጤዓ 55. Forgery of Government or Public Documents
ዒሚትጥኇ ቨዱቚ ኹ኉ ሙያ኶ ጉ኉ቃቄ
1/ Any public servant with intent to obtain for
Aዞርዷ ቚጣ኉ ኊሮ ጦቫረሙ ዗ትጥ himself or to procure to other undue
ዒኄቘሩ ስህቨቮት኉ ሳያርም ወ዗ም advantage or with intent to cause damage in
E኉ዛቫረሙ ሳያዙርዶ ያኜኇወኄኹ any manner destroys, endangers falsifies,
ዶ኉ቛቫ Aዙዴ ያስኜቨጤ E኉ዙጣኄ deletes, or falsifies by modifying, deleting, or
ኜAምስቭ ዓመቭ Eስኜ Aሥር ዓመቭ altering in whole or in part the terms or
ቘሚዙርስ ኅ Eሥራቭ Eኇ ኜቝር ጠምሳ figures of government documents,
ሺህ Eስኜ ቝር መቮ ሺህ ዞረስ ዗ቀጇል፡፡ instruments related to public interest or
similar instruments or documents under his
2/ ማ኉ኛኹም ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቛጤቜቭ possession while he is carrying out his
official responsibilities, is punishable with
ሀ/ ጤሚያኜኇኹኄኹ ዶ኉ቛቫ ዒሚያስ ልዱኹ኉ rigorous imprisonment from five years to ten
ዒዛዅ዗኉ ሥራ ወ዗ም ቘቨሰራኹ ዛዅ዗኉ years and a fine from birr twenty thousand to
መሠረቭ ዒሚኜኇወኄኹ኉ ዶ኉ቛቫ ዒሙያ fifty thousand.
ዙረ ዬኹ ቘማ዗ ቅዞጤቭ ቛጤሙያ ያሰራ
E኉ዙ ጣኄ ወ዗ም 2/ Where the crime is committed by a public
servant officially entrusted with filing,
ጤ/ ዒሚያኜኇኹኄኹ ዶ኉ቛቫ ዙረዬ ኜሚጄ዗ቀኹ keeping documents specified in sub article
ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ቁሳቁስ ያኄሰ ዒጉራቭ ዙረዬ ያላ (1) of this Article, or controlling the same,
ተኹ ቁሳቁሶት ቘጉቅም ላ዗ E኉ዛኹጥ the punishment shall be rigorous
ያዙ ረዱ E኉ዙጣኄ ወ዗ም imprisonment from five years to twenty five
years and a fine from birr twenty thousand up
ሐ/ ዶ኉ቛቫኹ኉ Aዶቛቝ ኟጤኹ Aኟል ዒመጄ to birr fifty thousand.
ቀሚያ ቃዞ ሳያዱኑ ወ዗ም ኜቨ ቀዙኹ
ኹጎ ጤሌላ Aዱልዶጪቭ Aኹጪቭ ዒቨዱኌ
E኉ዙጣኄ ወ዗ም
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መ/ ቘማ኉ኛኹም ሌጪት ሁኈቫኺት

ዶ኉ቛቫ ኹ኉ ዒሕ዇ቝ኉ ዙህ኉ኄቭ Aዙዴ 3/ Where the crime specified in sub article (1)
ላ዗ ቘሚጉል ሁኈቫ ያኜኇወኄ E኉ዙጣኄ of this Article is committed negligently, the
ኜAምስቭ ዓመቭ Eስኜ Aሥር ዓመቭ penalty shall be imprisonment from one year
to five years and a fine from birr one
ቘሚዙርስ Eሥራቭ Eኇ ኜቝር ጠያ ሺህ
thousand up to birr five thousand.
Eስኜ ቝር ጠምሳ ሺህ ዗ቀጇል፡፡
56. Suspension of Professional Certificates or Work
3/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ Eኇ /2/ ዒቨ
Permits
መጤኜቩቭ ጉ ቮት ዒቨ ሙቭ ቘተልቨኑኄቭ
ዒጣኄ E኉ዙጣኄ ቅጇቩ ኜA኉ዞ ዓመቭ Eስኜ
The certificate or the work permit of a registered
Aምስቭ ዓመቭ ጦዙርስ ቘሚትል Eሥራቭኇ
professional or contractor who is found guilty
ኜቝር A኉ዞ ሺ Eስኜ ቝር Aምስቭ ሺ
under this part of the law shall be suspended for a
ቘሚዙርስ ዒዱ኉ዂቝ መቀጒ ዗ጣኇል፡፡
period from five years up to the maximum period
stipulated under the contravened provision..
$4. ዒAማኟሪኄቭ ዒሙያ ኃላ ኄቭ኉ ስጤመጇስ
PART SEVEN
1/ ማ኉ኛኹም ዒቨመዂዱቘ ቛጤሙያ ጣ኉ ቝጪ MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
ቘሙያኹ ቘዶልጽ ዒሚቫወቁ ጉ኉ቃቄኺት኉
ቛጤማዞረዶ
57. Powers and Duties of the Ministry
ሀ/ ዒዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራኹ ዒሚጄ዗ቀኹ኉ መሠ
ረቫ኶ ዒጉ኉ቃቄ ዙረዬኺት኉ ያልጄቘቀ With respect to the implantation of this Proclamation
the Ministry shall have the following powers and duties
ዛዅ዗኉ ወ዗ም ሌጪት ዒቨሳሳቩ
to:
ቨዅማጅ ሰኄዟት኉ ቘማዂዴ ዩቭ
ወ዗ም 1/ prepare codes applicable at national level;
4 6)(8

ጤ/ E኉ዙዶ኉ቛቫ ሥራኹ ዓ዗ኄቭ ጦጄቘቅ 2/ prepare model design and construction method
ዒሚዱ ቛኹ኉ ዒጉራቭ ዙረዬ ዙ኉቞ት rules for Regional States for each category of
ቘመጇስ ጤዶ኉ቛቫኹ Eቃ ጤሚያቀርቝ ሰኹ building;
ወ዗ም ዶ኉ቛቫኹ኉ ጤሚያኜኇኹኄኹ ሥራ
ቨቋራ጑ ጤዄሁ ዶ኉ቛቫኹ ጦኹል 3/ supervise compliance with the implementation
ኜሚዱቛኹ ያኄሰ ዒጉ኉ኟሬ ወ዗ም ዒጉራቭ of this Proclamation by Regional States and
ዙረዬ ያጤኹ ዒዶ኉ ቛቫ Eቃ E኉ዛያቀርቝ urban centers .
ወ዗ም Aዱልዶጪቭ ላ዗ E኉ዛኹል ቃዞ
ወ዗ም ስምምኄቭ ቘመስጄቭ ወ዗ም 4/ provide, in coordination with other relevant organs
of the Federal Government, capacity building and
ሐ/ ሙያኹ ዒሚጄ዗ቀኹ኉ ሥኄ ምዶቛር ቘመ technical support to Regional States and urban
ጇስ ቘዶ኉ቛቫ ሙያ ዂር ቨቀቛ዗ኄቭ centers so that they will be able to implement this
ዒማ዗ ኊረኹ኉ ወ዗ም ኜዙረዬ ቘቫት ዒጣኄ Proclamation.
ዶ኉ቛቫ E኉ዛኜኇወ኉ ወ዗ም ዒቨሰራ
ዶ኉ቛቫ ቨቀቛ ዗ኄቭ E኉ዛያዱኑ 58. Powers and Duties of Regional States
ስምምኄቩ኉ ቘመስጄቭ ዒሕ ዇ቝ኉ ዙህ኉ኄቭ
ጤAዙዴ ዒሚያዴልጉ ዶ኉ቛቫ Aዱልዶጪቭ With respect to the implementation of this
ላ዗ E኉ዛኹል ያዙረዱ E኉ዙጣኄ Proclamation Regional States shall have the following
ኜAምስቭ ዓመቭ Eስኜ Aሥራ Aምስቭ ዓመቭ powers and duties to:
ቘሚዙርስ Eሥራቭ ወ዗ም ኜቝር ሠላሳ ሺ
Eስኜ ቝር ጠምሳ ሺ ቘሚዙርስ ዒዱ኉ዂቝ ቅጇቭ 1/ without prejudice that the rules could be
዗ቀጇል፡፡ rebutted on grounds of professional or
scientific justifications, issue design and
2/ ቘዄህ A኉ቀጽ ኉Uስ A኉ቀጽ /1/ ዒቨመጤ construction rules and standards applicable in
ኜቨኹ ጉ ቭ ዒቨ መኹ ቘተልቨኑኄቭ their own urban centers based on local
ዒጣኄ E኉ዙጣኄ ቅጇቩ ኜA኉ዞ ዓመቭ Eስኜ circumstances and without contradicting the
Aምስቭ ዓመቭ ጦዙርስ ቘሚትል provisions of this Proclamation;
Eሥራቭኇ ኜቝር A኉ዞ ሺ Eስኜ ቝር
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Aምስቭ ሺ ቘሚዙርስ ዒዱ኉ዂቝ መቀጒ

዗ጣኇል፡፡ 2/ designate organs to enforce this Proclamation
in areas outside urban centers where it is
$5. ቘመ኉ዶሥቭ ሰኄዟት Aላዶቛቝ ስጤመዱልዱል applicable;

1/ ማንኛ ም ህ Aዋጅ የ ደ ን ለማስፈ ም 3/ determine that a building officer of another

የ መደ የመንግሥ ሠ ኛ ሥ A urban center be delegated to enforce this
ጣሚ ከE ሊ የቻሉ ን የመንግሥ ወይም Proclamation in urban centers which cannot
የህዝ ሰ ች ማጥ ፣ ማ ላሸ ፣ መደ appoint their own building officers due to
ወይም ወደሀሰ መለወጥ፣ መደለዝ ወይም lack of capacity;
ማ ል ወይም ከ ል ቃሉን መቀ ስ ወይም
ሌላ መጨመ E የመሳሰሉ ን ች መ 4/ provide capacity building and technical
ፈ ም ለግል ጥ ም A ልግሎ ሚሰ Aኳኋን support to their respective urban centers so
የ ለ ለባ ወይም ሌላ ሰ Eንዲ ለ ልባ that they will be able to implement this
ያደረ Eንደሆ ከAምስ ዓመ Eስከ Proclamation.
Aሥ ዓመ ሚደ ስ ጽ Eሥ E ከ
ጠያ Eስከ ጠምሳ ሚደ ስ የ ንዘ
ጣ ይቀጣል፡፡ 59. Repealed and Inapplicable Laws

1/ Articles 8 to 14 of the Urban Zoning and

2/ ወን ሉን የፈ መ ሰ ከላይ የ ለ ን Building Permit Proclamation No. 316/1987
ሰ ችን የመያዝ ወይም የመ ፣ ወይም are hereby repealed.
Aያያ ን A ባ ቃ ን ለመ ጣ
ኃላ የ ሰ ሰ Eንደሆ ጣ
ከAምስ ዓመ Eስከ ሀያ Aምስ ዓመ 2/ No law shall, in so far as it is inconsistent
ሚደ ስ ጽ Eሥ E ከ ጠያ with this Proclamation, be applicable to
matters covered by this Proclamation
Eስከ ጠምሳ ሚደ ስ የ ንዘ
ጣ ይቀጣል፡፡
60. Effective Date

4 6)(9 This Proclamation shall come into force upon the

date of its publication in the Federal Negarit
Gazeta.
3/ ህ Aንቀጽ ንUስ Aንቀጽ /1/ የ መለከ
ጥ የ ፈ መ ል ኝ የሆ Eንደሆ Done at Addis Ababa, this 6th day of May, 2009
ጣ ከAን ዓመ Eስከ Aምስ ዓመ
ሊደ ስ ሚችል Eሥ ከ Aን Eስከ
Aምስ ሚደ ስ የ ንዘ መቀጮ GIRMA WOLDEGIORGIS
ይሆ ል፡፡
PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL
$6. ስጤሙያኇ ሥራ ቃዞ Eዱዜ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

ቘዄህ ኡ ል ቘቨመጤኜቩቭ ዒህዶ መጇስ ቨዶቛሮት

ጉ ቨኛ ጣኊ ዒቨዱኌ ዒቨመዂዱቘ ቛጤሙያ ወ዗ም
ሥራ ቨቋራ጑ ቘ ርዞ ኜቨወሰኄቘቭ ዒEሥራቭ
ቅጇቭ ቘቨጨማሪ ጉ ቨኛኹ ኜAምስቭ ዓመቭ
ዩምሮ ጉ ቨኛ ቘቨቛጤቘቭ A኉ቀጽ
Eስኜቨመጤኜቨኹ ኜ ቨኛ ዒEሥራቭ ዂመ኉ ዞረስ
ዒሙያ ወ዗ም ዒሥራ ቃዚ ዗ቫዱዜል፡፡

ኡ ል ሰቛቭ
ልዓ ልዓ ዞ኉ዴድኺት

$7. ዒሚኆስቬሩ ሥልጇ኉ኇ ቨዶቛር

ሚኆስቬሩ ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ቘማስ ም ረዱዞ ዒሚኜ

ቨጥቭ ሥልጇ኉ኇ ቨዶቛራቭ ዗ኊሩቫል
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1/ ቘAዱር Aቀ ዙረዬ ዒሚሠራቛተኹ ልዓ

ልዓ ኢዟት኉ ያዂዴዬል

2/ ለየሕንፃ ም የሚያ ለግሉ የዲ ይን

ንስ ሽን ዘ መመ ያ ች ሞ ል
ለ ልሎች ያዘ ጃል፣

3/ Aዋ ልሎች ከ ሞች ከ መፈ
ሙን ይ ጣ ል፣

4/ ከሌሎች Aግባ ካላ የ ል
መንግሥ Aካላ መቀ
ልሎች ከ ሞች Aዋ ን ለማስፈ ም
Eንዲችሉ የA ም ግንባ የ
ያደ ል፡፡

$8. የ ልሎች ሥልጣን ግባ

ኡልጪት ዗ህ኉ A኷ጅ ቘማስ ም ረዱዞ ዒሚኜ

ቨጥቭ ሥልጇ኉ኇ ቨዶቛራቭ ዗ኊራተ኷ል

1/ ዒመመሪያኺቱ Aስዱዜጅኄቭ ሙያ኶ ወ዗ም

ሳ዗኉ሳ኶ ቘጣኅ Aሳማኑ ምኡ኉ያቮት ጦቀር
ዒሚትል መጣኅ E኉ዙቨጄቘቀ ጣኊ ኜሌጪት
ኜዄህ A኷ጅ ዴር ሳ዗ቃረኅ ቘሥራተኹ
ዒሚዱኍ ኜቨሞት኉ ቨጨቛ጑ ሁኈቫ ዶምቭ
ኹስጉ ቘማስዱቛቭ ቘኜቨሞቱ ቨ ፃሚ
ዒሚጣኄኹ ዒዛዅ዗኉ኇ ኢ኉ስቭራኡሽ኉ ዂዝ
መመሪያኺት ኉ኇ መመዂኛኺት኉ ዒወጇጥ
4 7)

2/ ዗ህ A኷ጅ ኜኜቨማ ኡልል ኹጎ

ቨ ጻሚ ጤሚጣ኉ቛተኹ Aኟቛቚኺት
A኷ዪ኉ ዒሚያ ስጽሙ Aኟላቭ
዗ሰ዗ማጥ

3/ ቘAቅም ማኄስ ምኡ኉ያቭ ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹም

ጦመ ዞ቙ ቛልታጥ ኜቨሞት ዒሌላ ኜቨማ
ዒሕ኉ፃ ሹም ቘኹኡልኇ A኷ዪ኉
E኉ዛያስ ጽም ጦወስኅ ዗ትላጥ

4/ ቘዒኡልላተኹ ኹስጉ ዒሚዱኍ ኜቨሞት

A኷ዪ኉ ጤማስ ጸም E኉ዛትጥ ዒAቅም
ዶ኉ቛቫኇ ዒቬኡኆኡ ዞዴ ያዙርዴጥ፡፡

$9. ዒቨሻሩኇ ቨ ፃሚኄቭ ዒማ዗ኊራተኹ ሕጐት

1/ ስጤኜቨማ ወ኉ኇ ዒህ኉ፃ ሥራ ቃዞ ዒወ

ጇኹ A኷ጅ ቁጉር 3)06/09)&9
ኜA኉ቀጽ 8 Eስኜ 04 ዒቨመጤኜቩቭ
ዞ኉ዴድኺት ቘዄህ A኷ጅ ቨሽረ኷ል፡፡
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2/ ኜዄህ A኷ጅ ዴር ዒሚቃረ኉ ማኇተኹም

ሕዶ ቘዄህ A኷ጅ ቘቨሸ ኅ ዲዜዘት ላ዗
ቨ ፃሚኄቭ A዗ኊረኹም፡፡

%. A኷ዪ ዒሚ ኇቘቭ ዳ዆

዗ህ A኷ጅ ቘ ዝራል ኄዴሪቭ ዴ዆ጇ ቫቭሞ

ኜወጇቘቭ ቀ኉ ዩምሮ ዒ ኇ ዗ጣኇል፡፡

Aዛስ Aቘቛ ሚያ዇ያ !8 ቀ኉ 2ሺ1 ዓ.ም

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ማረሚያ ቁጉር 4/2ሺ1 Corrigendum No. 4/2009

ቘዄህ A኷ጅ A኉ቀ % “዗ህ A኷ጅ ቘ ዝራል ኄዴሪቭ In this Proclamation the statement under Article 60
ዴ዆ጇ ቫቭሞ ኜወጇቘቭ ቀ኉ ዩምሮ ዒ ኇ ዗ጣኇል” stated as “ This Proclamation shall come into force upon
the date of its publication in the Federal Negarit Gazeta”
ዒሚጤኹ “዗ህ A኷ጅ ቘ ዝራል ኄዴሪቭ ዴ዆ጇ ቫቭሞ
shall be read as “This Proclamation shall come into force
ኜወጇቘቭ ቀ኉ ዩምሮ A኉ዞ ዓመቭ ኟቘቃ ቘኋላ after one year from the date of its publication in the
ቨ ፃሚ ዗ጣኇል፡፡” ቘሚል ዗ኄቘቝ፡፡ Federal Negrit Gazeta.”