Penalties for declining to submit papers to court
ABU DHABI: The UAE Public Prosecution (PP) explained on Tuesday, through posts on its social media accounts, the penalties for declining to submit a document to the court.
According to Article 317 of the Federal Decreelaw No. 31 of 2021 on Promulgating Penal Code (Law of Crimes and Penalties), any person who declines to submit a document required to prove an incident presented in court, other than the cases in which he is permitted to do so, shall be sentenced to detention for no more than six months, or fined for no more than Dhs5,000.
This post is part of the Public Prosecution’s continuous efforts to enhance legal culture among members of the community and increase their awareness about the latest legislation in the country.
Recently, the UAE Public Prosecution (PP) explained through a post on its social media accounts, the penalties for violation of freedom.
According to Article No. 395 of Federal Decree-law No. 31 of 2021 Promulgating Penal Code (Law of Crimes and Penalties), whoever kidnaps, arrests, detains or deprives a person of his freedom in any way illegally, whether by himself or through the intermediary of others, shall be sentenced to temporary imprisonment.
The penalty shall be life imprisonment in the following instances: 1- If the act takes place by impersonating a public capacity, pretending the performance or assignment of a public service or to contact under a false representation 2- If the act is performed by use of subterfuge or accompanied by the use of force, threat of killing, inflicting severe body harm or by acts of physical or psychological torture 3- If the act is performed by two or more armed persons 4- If the period of kidnapping, arresting, detaining or depriving of freedom exceeds one month 5- If the victim is a female, a juvenile, an insane, a feeble-minded or a person with disability 6- If the purpose of the act is to draw profit, revenge, rape of the victim, disgrace him, injure him, or have him perpetrate a crime 7- If the act is committed against a public servant during or because of, the discharge of his duties, should the act lead to the death of the victim, the punishment shall be the death penalty.
Any intermediary in the commission of any of the crimes provided for in this article, and whoever knowingly hides a kidnapped person shall be sentenced to the same penalty prescribed for the principal perpetrator.
This post is part of the Public Prosecution’s continuous efforts to promote legal culture among members of the community and increase their awareness about the latest legislation in the country.