491
Indexed articles
DFSA
Issuing authority
2004
Effective since
AI
Cited answers from article text
DFSA General Module (GEN) is one of the rulebooks issued by the Dubai Financial Services Authority. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of DFSA GEN and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article. This rulebook was last amended 1 January 2025.
DFSA GEN's 491 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.
Compliance — 207 articles
IT/Information Security — 58 articles
Senior Management / Governing Body — 50 articles
Legal — 47 articles
Finance — 25 articles
Client Services — 18 articles
DFSA GEN spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.
general
authorisation
governance
record keeping
fitness and propriety
dfsa
Instead of reading through DFSA GEN article by article, Lexara's AI Explorer lets you ask a question in plain English and get a cited answer — with the specific article referenced.
Ask in plain English — no need to know the article number in advance
Every answer cites the specific article it draws from, with a direct link
Responses include the relevant article text, not just a paraphrase
Cross-reference DFSA GEN against other Dubai Financial Services Authority rulebooks in a single query
How Lexara works
Laws Browser
Browse the full article corpus for any UAE authority. Filter by law, chapter, or topic tag.
Full-text search
Keyword and semantic search across 6,760+ indexed articles from 10+ UAE regulators.
AI Explorer
Ask a regulatory question in plain English. Get a cited answer grounded in the actual statutory text.
Trigger layer
Structured deadline data per article — event type, offset, recurrence. No manual calendar parsing.
What is DFSA General Module (GEN)?
A rulebook issued by the Dubai Financial Services Authority. Lexara has indexed 491 articles from it.
How many articles does DFSA GEN contain?
491 indexed articles. Last amended 1 January 2025.
Can I search DFSA GEN by keyword?
Yes — full-text keyword search across all 491 indexed articles, plus AI Explorer for natural-language questions with cited answers.
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