Cabinet Resolution Regarding the Misdemeanors and Felonies of Concern or Involving Moral Turpitude or Breach of Trust and Related to Judicial Rehabilitation

The Cabinet, Having reviewed the Constitution; Federal Law No. (5) of 2022 Regarding Rehabilitation; and Based on the Minister of Interior's proposal approved by the Cabinet, Hereby resolves as follows:

Article (1)

The misdemeanors and felonies of concern or involving moral turpitude or breach of trust and related to judicial rehabilitation, and which are set out in tables (1) through (28) attached with this resolution, shall hereby be approved.

Article (2)

The tables attached to this resolution shall enter into force as follows:

1. Tables (1) through (3); as of 07/12/2023.
2. Tables (4) through (28); as of 02/09/2024.

Article (3)

This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall be enforced by the competent authorities.

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister

Issued by us: On 30 Jumada II, 1446 H December 31, 2024 AD

The Misdemeanors and Felonies of Concern or Involving Moral Turpitude or Breach of Trust and Related to Judicial Rehabilitation, Attached with Cabinet Resolution No. (140) of 2024

Table No. (1) — Regarding the Misdemeanors and Felonies of Concern or Involving Moral

Turpitude or Breach of Trust and Related to Judicial Rehabilitation

Book Two
Crimes and their Penalties
Section One
Crimes Against the Security and Interests of the State
Chapter One
Crimes Against the External Security of the State
Article (154)
Every citizen who, in any manner, joins the armed forces or security authorities of a country that is hostile to the State or at war therewith, or joins an armed force of a group that is hostile to the State or aims to prejudice the security of the State, shall be punished by the death penalty.

Article (155)
Any person who deliberately commits an act that leads to affecting the State's sovereignty, independence, unity or the integrity of its territories shall be punished by the death penalty.

Article (156)
Any person who carries arms against the State or attempts or incites the same shall be punished by the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Article (157)
The following persons shall be punished by the death penalty:
1. Anyone who gets involved, for the interest of an enemy or a country or group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State, in a scheme to shake the loyalty of the armed forces, or to weaken their morale or resistance.
2. Anyone who, at the time of war, incites any member of the armed forces, the police or security authorities to join the service of any country or group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State, or facilitates such an action for them.
3. Anyone who, deliberately and in any manner gets involved in recruiting any member of the armed forces, the police, the security authorities, or other persons, or gathering funds, supplies, equipment, or arranging any such things for the benefit of a country which is at war with the State or for the benefit of a group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State.

Article (158)
The death penalty shall be imposed on anyone who facilitates to an enemy, a country or group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State, the entry to the State's territory, or gives them a part of its lands, cities, or ports, or a fortress, establishment, site, store, factory, ship, airplane, or any means of transport, or arms, ammunitions, explosives, or military supplies or equipment, or any of the things prepared for defense or used in connection therewith.
The penalty shall be life imprisonment if the persons stated in the preceding paragraph are given supplies, foods, or any of the things prepared for defense or used in connection therewith.

Article (159)
The death penalty shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately helps an enemy, a country or group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State by transmitting information thereto or acting as guide thereof.
Life imprisonment shall be imposed on any person who offers a service to anyone of those stated in the preceding paragraph to obtain a benefit, interest, or a promise thereof for himself or for a person appointed thereby for that purpose, whether directly or indirectly, and whether the benefit or interest is material or non-material.

Article (160)
Life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who knowingly helps or aids a prisoner of war, a detained enemy soldier, citizen or agent, or a member of a group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State, harbors any of them or provides food, clothes, means of transport or any other form of assistance to anyone of them or hides them after escaping from detention.
The same penalty shall be imposed if the person who assists or aids resists the authorities that attempt to re-arrest anyone of the aforementioned persons. The penalty shall be the death penalty if such resistance results in the demise of someone.
Article (161)
Life imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant, entrusted with guarding a war prisoner or any of the enemy's detained citizens or agents, and deliberately facilitates their escape from detention.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (3) three years and not exceeding (5) five years if the act occurs as a result of negligence or failure in guarding.

Article (162)
The death penalty shall be imposed on anyone who seeks to collaborate with a foreign country or a group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State or anyone who works for their interest, or communicates with anyone of them to assist in their war operations or to jeopardize the war operations of the State.
Life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who seeks to collaborate with the persons stated in the preceding paragraph, or anyone who works for their benefit, or who communicates with any of them to carry out hostile activities against the State.

Article (163)
Life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who, during peace time, commits any of the following acts:
1. Seeking to collaborate with a foreign country, or anyone who works for its benefit or communicating with anyone of them, in order to prejudice the State's military, political or economic position.
2. Deliberate destruction, concealing, embezzlement, or forgery of papers or documents, knowing that they are related to the security of the State or any other national interest.
3. Seeking to recruit or recruiting persons for the benefit of a foreign country or a group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State, or to any of the persons working for its benefit.
The penalty shall be the death penalty if the crime occurs during war time or for the purpose of causing damage to the State's military, political or economic position, or for the purpose of causing damage to its national interest, or if the crime is committed by a public servant or a person entrusted with a public service.

Article (164)
Life imprisonment shall be imposed on any person who has been entrusted with negotiating with a foreign government, an international organization, a foreign company, or any foreign entity concerning any of the State's affairs, but deliberately conducts such negotiations against the State's interests.

Article (165)
Whoever requests, accepts, or receives for himself or for another person, even through an intermediary, from a foreign country or a group that aims to prejudice the security of the State or from anyone who works for its benefit, a gift, grant or advantage of any kind, or has been promised any such things with the intention to commit a harmful act against a national interest, shall be punished by life imprisonment.
The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who gives, promises or offers any of the aforementioned things with the intention to commit a harmful act against a national interest, even if what he gives, promises or offers is not accepted.
The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who mediates in committing any of the crimes listed in this Article.
If the request, acceptance, promise, offer or mediation is in writing, the crime shall be deemed complete upon dispatching the letter or sending it by any other means.

Article (166)
The death penalty or life imprisonment penalty shall be imposed on anyone who delivers or discloses, in any manner or through any means, to a foreign country or a group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State or to any of the persons working for their benefit, State defense secrets, or if, by any means, he has obtained any such secrets with the intent of delivering or disclosing them to a foreign country or a group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State or to any of the persons working for their benefit, as well as anyone who destroys for their benefit a thing which is considered to be a secret of the State's defense, or if he makes it unfit for use.
Article (167)
Life imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service, who discloses any of the State's defense secrets entrusted thereto.
The penalty shall be the death penalty if the crime occurs during war time.

Article (168)
Life imprisonment shall be imposed on:
1. Anyone who, through any unlawful means, seeks to obtain one of the State's defense secrets and does not intend to deliver or disclose it to a foreign country or a group that is hostile or aims to prejudice the security of the State, or to any of the persons working for their benefit.
2. Anyone who, by any means, discloses one of the State's defense secrets.
3. Anyone who plans or uses any means of communication, information technology or any other means with the intent to obtain, deliver or disclose any of the State's defense secrets.
4. Anyone who possesses or keeps without an authorization or permission any written papers, publications, recordings, data or information that contain any of the State's defense secrets, or keeps or possesses them with the intent of obtaining a private benefit.
The penalty shall be the death penalty if the crime occurs during war time.

Article (169)
Life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately destroys, impairs or disrupts down a weapon, ship, airplane, equipment, establishment, means of transport, public utility, ammunition, supplies, medicines, or other things which are prepared for the State's defense or used in connection therewith.
The same penalty shall be imposed upon anyone who deliberately mis-manufactures or mis-repairs any of the things stated in the preceding paragraph, as well as anyone who deliberately acts in a manner that makes them unfit for their intended use, even temporarily, or results in damage.
The penalty shall be the death penalty if the crime occurs during war time.

Article (170)
Whoever, personally or through an intermediary, during war time, whether directly or through another country, exports goods or products or other items from the State to a hostile country, or imports any such materials from such a country, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (10) ten years and not exceeding (25) twenty-five years and by a fine not exceeding double the value of the things exported or imported, provided that it shall not be less than (1,000,000) one million AED.
The things subject of the crime shall be confiscated, and if not seized, the perpetrator shall be ordered to pay an additional fine equivalent to the value of such things.

Article (171)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (10) ten years and not exceeding (25) twenty-five years and a fine equivalent to double the value of the act subject of the crime and not less than (1,000,000) one million AED shall be imposed on anyone who, during war time, either by himself or through mediation, directly or indirectly engages in any of the commercial activities which are not mentioned in Article (170) of this Chapter with the citizens of a hostile country.
The things subject of the crime shall be confiscated, and if not seized, the perpetrator shall be ordered to pay an additional fine equivalent to the value of such things.

Article (172)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (10) ten years and not exceeding (25) twenty-five years shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately, during war time, fails to perform any of all obligations arising from contracts for construction, transportation, supply, undertakings, public works, or other contracts which he has concluded with the government, for the requirements of the armed forces, or for protection of civilians, or for supplying them or if he commits an act of fraud in the performance thereof.
If the crime is committed with the intention of jeopardizing the defense of the State or the operations of the armed forces, the penalty shall be the death penalty or life imprisonment.
The provision of the preceding two paragraphs shall apply to subcontractors, agents and brokers if the failure to perform the obligation or fraud in performance thereof is due to their acts.
In all cases, the perpetrator shall be punished by a fine equivalent to the value of damages caused to the funds or interests of the State, provided that it is not less than double the value of the profit achieved from such breach or fraud.

Article (173)
If one of the acts stipulated in Articles (169) and (172) of this Chapter is caused by negligence or dereliction, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (3) three years and not exceeding (5) five years and a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED and not exceeding the value of damages caused to the funds or interests of the State as a result of such negligence or dereliction.
Article (174)
A penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who commits any act against a foreign country which harms political relations or exposes the State's civilians, employees, funds or interests to the danger of retaliatory acts.
If such an act leads to the occurrence of what is stated in this Article, the penalty shall be the death penalty.
If the act stipulated in the first paragraph of this Article occurred by writing, speech, drawing, declaration, or any information technology or media means, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years and a fine not less than AED (100,000) one hundred thousand.

Article (175)
The death penalty shall be imposed on whoever, during war time, deliberately spreads false or tendentious news, statements or rumors, or deliberately circulates inflammatory propaganda causing damage to the military preparations of the State's defense or to the military operations of the armed forces, or inciting panic among people, or weakening the morale of the State.

Article (176)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (6) six months and not exceeding (5) five years and/or a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on:
1. Anyone who flies over areas of the State's territories in violation of the prohibition issued by the competent authorities. Flying with an unmanned aircraft shall be deemed flying.
2. Anyone who photographs or makes drawings or maps or coordinates of sites or places contrary to the prohibition issued by the competent authorities.
3. Anyone who enters without permission from the competent authorities into a fortress, a defense establishment, camp, an oil installation, a place where armed forces, a military or commercial vessel, aircraft or military vehicle have camped or settled, or military place, or a place or factory in which any activity is being carried out for the benefit of the State's defense, if such a place is out of bounds to the public.
4. Anyone who is found in any place in which residence or presence is prohibited by the military authorities.

If the crime is committed during war time, or by using any means of deception, fraud, disguise or concealment of identity, nationality, profession or capacity, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years, and in cases where these two circumstances coexist, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment.
Attempt to commit the misdemeanors stipulated in this Article shall be punished by imprisonment or a fine.
Article (177)
A penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever publishes, announces, or delivers to a foreign country or any group seeking to prejudice the security of the State or to anyone working for their benefit, in any way or manner and by any means, news, information, items, correspondence, documents, maps, drawings, pictures, coordinates or other things related to government departments or any of the authorities stated in Article (5) of this Law, provided that publication or announcement of such things is prohibited by the competent authority.

Article (178)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever collects, without authorization from the competent authority, information, data, objects, documents, designs, statistics, or others for the purpose of delivering them to a foreign country, group, organization, entity or other, whatever its name or form, or to anyone working for their benefit.
Article (180)
If the perpetrator commits any of the crimes stipulated in Articles (162, 163/ Paragraph (1)/ Clause (1) and Paragraph (2), 165, 166, 175 and 177) of this Chapter with a foreign group or organization or any other entity irrespective of its name, or with someone who works for its benefit, he shall be punished by the penalty prescribed for such crime.
Chapter Two
Crimes Against the Internal Security of the State
Article (181)
The death penalty shall be imposed on anyone who tries or attempts by force to overthrow or seize the government system.

Article (182)
The death penalty shall be imposed on anyone who tries to commit acts of aggression against the safety of the President or against his freedom, or deliberately endangers his life or freedom. The same penalty shall be imposed if such crime is executed or attempted.
Article (183)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (15) fifteen years and not exceeding (25) twenty-five years and a fine shall be imposed on anyone who mocks, insults, or damages the reputation or dignity of the President.
Article (184)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years and a fine not exceeding (500,000) five hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever mocks at or insults or damages the reputation or dignity or position of the State, any of its authorities or establishments or founding leaders, its flag or national emblem or anthem, or any of its national symbols.

Article (185)
The penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who resorts to violence, threats or any other illicit means, in order to compel the President of the State to exercise or refrain from exercising any of the powers vested in him by law.
Article (186)
The penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who resorts to violence, threats or any other illicit means, in order to compel the Prime Minister, his deputy, any of the ministers, the Chairman of the Federal National Council or any of its members or any of the members of the judicial authority to exercise or refrain from exercising any of the powers vested in by law.
Article (187)
The death penalty shall be imposed on anyone who tries or attempts to or commits an act of aggression against the safety or freedom of the president of a foreign country.
Legal action in crimes stipulated in this Article shall only be filed by the Public Prosecutor.

Article (188)
The death penalty or life imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever establishes, founds, organizes, administers, leads, joins or participates in any association, entity, organization, formation, group, gang or any branch thereof, whatever is the name or form thereof, aiming at or calling for overthrowing or seizing the government system disrupting the application of the provisions of the Constitution or the laws, opposing the basic principles on which the government system is based, preventing any of the State institutions or public authorities from conducting their business, violating the personal freedom of citizens or any other public rights and freedoms granted by the Constitution or the law, or harming the national unity or social peace.
The same penalty shall be imposed on whoever cooperates with any of the associations, corporations, organizations or formations stated in the first paragraph of this Article or participates therein in any manner or provides them with financial or material support knowing their purposes.

Article (189)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (15) fifteen years and not exceeding (25) twenty-five years shall be imposed on whoever propagates verbally or in writing or in any other means, any of the acts stated in Article (188) of this Chapter.
The same penalty shall be imposed on whoever, personally or through an intermediary, possesses or acquires documents, printed materials, or records comprising propagation or advocacy of any of the things stipulated in the first paragraph, if they are prepared for distribution or for access by third parties, and whoever possesses or acquires any method of printing, recording or publicizing which is used or prepared for use, even temporarily, for printing, recording or broadcasting any of the foregoing.

Article (190)
The death penalty or life imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever establishes, founds, organizes, administers or joins any association, entity, organization, formation, group or gang or any branch thereof, whatever is the name or form thereof, aiming or seeking or working to prejudice the safety or interests of the State.
The same penalty shall be imposed on whoever cooperates, in any manner, with any of the associations, corporations, organizations or formations stated in the first paragraph of this Article or provides them with financial or material support knowing their purposes.
Article (191)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years shall be imposed on whoever collects, obtains or receives funds, directly or indirectly, from inside or outside the State, in order to achieve any of the purposes stipulated in Articles (188), (189) and (190) of this Law.

Article (192)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years shall be imposed on whoever initiates an activity for the purpose of teaching or providing guidance or training to implement the objectives stipulated in Articles (188), (189), (190) of this Law, whether such activities are carried out directly or through information technology means.
Article (193)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment and a fine not less than (200,000) two hundred thousand AED, shall be imposed on whoever establishes, founds, organizes or manages a House of Worship or religious teaching venue in the State without a license from the competent authorities.
If any of the acts mentioned in the first paragraph results in harm to the national unity or the social peace or the public interest, this shall be deemed to be an aggravating circumstance.

Article (194)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment and a fine not less than (200,000) two hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever establishes, founds, organizes or manages, without license, an association, entity or organization or a branch thereof, of any kind, in the State, for illicit purposes.
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years and a fine not less than (300,000) three hundred thousand AED shall be imposed if the license is issued based on false data.
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine not less than (200,000) two hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever joins an association, entity or organization or a branch thereof mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article knowing the illicit purpose thereof or the fact that it is not licensed.
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (10) ten years shall be imposed on whoever cooperates with an association, entity or organization or branch thereof mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article knowing the illicit purpose thereof or the fact that it is not licensed.

Article (196)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (10) ten years and a fine not exceeding (500,000) five hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who exploits religion to promote verbally, by writing or any other means such ideas that may incite sedition or harm the national unity or social peace.
Article (197)
A penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who, for criminal purposes, unlawfully and without any assignment from the Government or without legitimate cause, assumes the command of a unit or division of the army or police, part of a fleet, a military ship or aircraft, a military or police post, or a harbor or a city.
The same penalty shall be imposed on whoever remains in defiance of a government order, in military or security command and on any head of any military or security force who maintains such a force in spite of being ordered by the Government to disband it.

Article (198)
A penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone having the right to command members of the armed forces or the ministry of interior or security bodies, who requests or instructs them to disobey the orders of the government for a criminal purpose.
If the crime results in obstructing the execution of the Government's orders, the penalty shall be the death penalty.
Subordinate military officers or their commanders, who have obeyed him knowing his criminal intention, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (15) fifteen years and not exceeding (25) twenty-five years.
Article (199)
A penalty of life or temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever incites members of the armed forces or policemen or security bodies to disobey orders or to abandon the performance of their military, security or police duties.

Article (200)
The death penalty or life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who forms a gang that attacks a group of residents, or resists with arms the public authority officers, in order to hinder the enforcement of the laws. The same penalty shall apply to anyone who leads such a gang or occupies any leading position therein.
As for any person who joins such gang but has neither participated in its formation nor in its leadership, he shall be punished by life or temporary imprisonment.
Article (201)
The death penalty or life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who leads an armed gang, occupies a leading position therein, manages its operations or organizes it for the purpose of usurping or plundering lands or funds owned by the State or by a group of people, or for the purpose of resisting the military force ordered to pursue the perpetrators of such crimes.
Other members of such a gang shall be punished by life or temporary imprisonment.

Article (202)
A penalty of life or temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who provides the gang mentioned in the preceding Article, with weapons, ammunition or equipment as an aid for achieving its objective with full knowledge thereof; provides supplies or raise funds thereto, or takes part in criminal communications, in any manner whatsoever, with the leaders or managers of said gang.
The same penalty should apply to anyone who provides lodging, shelter or meeting places for them, while he is fully aware of their purpose and identity.
Article (203)
A penalty of life or temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who attempts to occupy by force any of the buildings which are public or designated for governmental departments or any of the authorities stated in Article (5) of this Law.
If the crime is committed by an armed gang, the person who has formed the gang, assumed its leadership or occupied any leading position therein shall be punished by the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Article (204)
Imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately damages public buildings or properties, or properties designated for governmental departments, or any of the authorities stated in Article (5) of this Law.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years if the crime leads to disruption of a public utility or public benefit services, or if it endangers the life, health or safety of the people.
The penalty shall be life imprisonment if the crime occurs at a time of turmoil or sedition, or for the purpose of provoking panic or chaos among people.
In all cases, the perpetrator shall pay the value of the damaged property.

Article (205)
A penalty of life or temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who, without authorization, manufactures or imports explosives; and a penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who, without authorization, possesses or acquires explosives.
Any substance that enters into their composition shall be deemed as explosives and such substances shall be determined by a resolution of the competent minister, as well as any equipment, machines or tools used in their manufacturing or detonation.
Article (206)
The death penalty shall be imposed on anyone who uses explosives in committing any of the crimes stipulated in Articles (203) and (204) of this Law.
Article (207)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately uses or attempts to use explosives in a manner that would endanger people's life.

Article (208)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period of not less than (5) five years shall be imposed on whoever deliberately uses or imports weapons, ammunitions, explosives or military equipment, or attempts to do so in a manner that endangers the funds of other people.
If the explosive causes grave damage to such funds, this shall be deemed to be an aggravating circumstance.
Article (209)
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED and not exceeding (500,000) five hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever incites others to not comply with the laws or commended a matter which is considered a crime.

Article (210)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on any individual who participates in a gathering of at least five people in a public place with the intention of rioting, preventing or disrupting the implementation of laws and regulations, or in manner that would prejudice the public security, if he remains in the gathering after being ordered by one of the authority's officers men to disperse and leave.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (3) three years and a fine not exceeding (200,000) two hundred thousand AED, if he wears masks or covers to hide his face with the intention of committing a crime during the gathering.

The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years if such gathering results in rioting, disturbing public peace or security, impeding production, disrupting the interests of individuals, harming them, exposing them to danger, preventing them from exercising their rights, obstructing traffic, assaulting lives, or public or private property or endangering them.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (10) ten years if one or more persons within the gathering carry visible or concealed weapons, even if they are authorized to carry such weapons.
Article (211)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (10) ten years shall be imposed on anyone who offers, gives or obtains cash or any benefit to organize a gathering with the intention of committing any of the acts stipulated in the preceding Article, or mediates in the same.

Article (212)
A penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who calls for, propagates in any other means, leads, a gathering in a public place or involves in managing its movement, with the intention of committing riots, preventing or disrupting the implementation of laws and regulations, or disturbing public security, even if his call is not accepted. The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who incites the same.
Article (214)
The provisions stipulated in Articles (210), (211), (212) and (213) of this Law shall apply to every march or parade which has been organized for the same purpose or has achieved the same result.
Article (215)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever uses any means of communication or information technology or any other means to publish information or news or incites acts that may endanger the security of the State or harm the public order.

Article (216)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment and a fine not less than (200,000) two hundred thousand AED and not exceeding (500,000) five hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who incites the hatred or contempt of a sect of people if such instigation leads to disturbance of public security.
Article (217)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who broadcasts or publishes false or tendentious news, statements or rumors, or circulates inflammatory propaganda that would:
1. Disturb the public security or cause panic among people.
2. Inflict harm to the public interest.
3. Incite or antagonize the public opinion.

The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (2) two years and a fine not exceeding (200,000) two hundred thousand AED, if any of the acts mentioned in the first paragraph result in inciting or antagonizing the public opinion against one of the state authorities or institutions.
The same penalty stipulated in the first paragraph of this Article shall be imposed on whoever personally or through an intermediary, possesses or acquires documents, printed materials, or records, whatever is their kind, comprising any of the things listed in the first paragraph, if they are prepared for distribution or for access by third parties, and whoever possesses or acquires any method of printing, recording or publicizing used or prepared for use, even temporarily, for printing, recording or broadcasting any of the foregoing.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment if the perpetrator is a member of the Armed Forces, Ministry of Interior or security bodies, or if the acts mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs take place in worship venues or places pertaining to the Armed Forces, Ministry of Interior or security bodies.

Article (219)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine shall be imposed on whoever issues a fatwah that prejudices the public order or endangers a person's life or security, safety or freedom.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment if the fatwah results in any kind of harm.
Article (220)
A penalty of life or temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on any citizen who participates, without permission from the competent entities, in an international or local armed conflict.
Temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever incites, calls for, propagates or facilitates, without permission from the competent entities, the participation in an international or local armed conflict.
Article (221)
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine, or either of these two penalties, shall be imposed on any citizen who violates the prohibition issued by the competent entities in the State concerning entering or staying in another country.

Article (222)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever announces by any means of publicity his hostility towards the State or the government system or his disloyalty to the leaders thereof.
Article (223)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than (500,000) five hundred thousand AED and not exceeding (2,000,000) two million AED shall be imposed on whoever violates the instructions issued by the concerned authorities in the State regarding the implementation of United Nations' Security Council resolutions regarding the imposition of international penalties on countries.

Article (232)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not less (10) ten years shall be imposed on whoever participates in a criminal agreement, whether for the purpose of committing one of the crimes against the State's external or internal security or uses them as a means for achieving the intended objective of the criminal agreement.
A penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever runs such an agreement.
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever invites another person to join such an agreement and his invitation is rejected.
Nonetheless, if the purpose of the agreement is to commit a certain crime or use it as means to achieve the intended objective, and the penalty for attempting such crime is milder than what is stipulated in the preceding paragraphs, no penalty severer than the one prescribed for such an attempt shall be imposed.

Exemption from the penalties stipulated in the first three paragraphs shall be granted to any perpetrator who takes the initiative to inform the competent authorities of the existence of such an agreement, and any participants therein before any of the stipulated crimes is committed.
Article (233)
Whoever incites the commission of one of the crimes against the State's external or internal security shall be punished by the penalty prescribed for the attempt to commit the crime that he incites to commit, if such instigation has not produced any effect.
Article (234)
Whoever becomes aware of the commission of any of the crimes against the State's external or internal security and does not inform the competent authorities, shall be punished by the penalty for the attempt to commit such crime.
Exemption from the penalty may be granted if the person who refrains from informing is the spouse of the perpetrator or one of his relatives or in-laws up to the fourth degree.

Chapter Four
Crimes Against the National Economy
Article (237)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who destroys, through any means, a factory or any of its subsidiary buildings, facilities, or any warehouse for raw materials, products, consumer commodities, or any other immovables or movables destined for the execution of the development plan.
Article (238)
Imprisonment for a period not less than one year shall be imposed on anyone who, through any means of publicity, incites withdrawing money deposited with public banks or funds, or selling or abstaining from purchasing the State securities and other public stocks.

Chapter Five
Counterfeiting Money and Government Securities
Article (239)
A penalty of life or temporary imprisonment and a fine not less than (200,000) two hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who counterfeits, falsifies or forges, in any manner whatsoever, whether personally or through intermediary, a currency note or coin legally circulated in the State or in another country or a governmental security.
A coin shall be considered counterfeit if any of its metal has been decreased, or if it is coated with paint making it similar to another more valuable coin.
Article (240)
The penalty mentioned in the preceding Article shall be imposed on whoever brings in or takes out of the State, personally or through intermediary, a currency or security from amongst those mentioned in the preceding Article, whenever they are counterfeit or forged; and on whoever puts anything of the like into circulation or deals with it or possesses if for the purpose of putting it into circulation or dealing therewith, while he is fully aware of the counterfeiting, falsification or forgery.

Article (241)
If the crimes stipulated in the two preceding Articles lead to the devaluation of the national currency or the government securities, or to shaking the financial trust in the internal or external markets, the penalty shall be life imprisonment.
Article (242)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever knowingly circulates, reintroduces into circulation, or brings into the country, a currency coin or note which is no longer in circulation.
Article (243)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever, in good faith, accepts a counterfeit or forged currency coin or note or governmental security, then deals therewith after knowing of such counterfeit, forgery or falsification.
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever refuses to accept a valid national currency at its lawfully denominated value.

Article (244)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever manufactures machines, tools or other things designed for counterfeiting, forging or falsifying any of the things stated in Article (239) of this Law or obtains such things with the intention to use them for such a purpose.
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever possesses such machines, tools or things knowing of their purpose.

Chapter Six
Forgery
Part One
Forgery and Counterfeiting of Seals, Marks and Stamps
Article (246)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years shall be imposed on anyone who counterfeits or forges, personally or through intermediary, the seal of the State, the seal or signature of the President of the State, Rulers of the Emirates, the Crown Princes or their deputies, or seals, postage stamps or financial stamps, or emblems of the government, its directorates, departments, or any of the authorities stated in Article (5) of this Law, or the seal, signature or mark of any of their employees, or the governmental hallmark on gold, silver or other precious or valuable metals.
The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who uses or brings into the State any of the above things, knowing of its counterfeit or forgery.

Article (248)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who unlawfully uses the seal of the State, the seal of the President of the State, or any of the Rulers of the Emirates, their Crown Princes and deputies, or any of the seals, postage stamps or financial stamps, or marks of the government, its directorates, departments, or any of the authorities stated in Article (5) of this Law, or the seal of any of their employees, causing harm to a public or private interest.
Article (249)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine shall be imposed on whoever counterfeits, imitates, forges, or falsifies metal plates or other marks issued by governmental departments in execution of laws, regulations or systems.
The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who uses any of such things, knowing of its counterfeit or forgery, and on anyone who uses any such genuine plate or mark but without being entitled to.

Article (250)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (6) six months or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever makes, distributes or offers for sale printed materials or forms, irrespective of the method of making them, resembling in appearance the government marks, postal or financial stamps, those concerning wire or wireless communications or those issued in a member country of the International Post Union – the aforementioned marks and stamps include international postal reply coupons.
Article (252)
Forgery of an official document shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (10) ten years.
Forgery of a non-official document shall be punished by imprisonment.
Article (253)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on whoever forges a copy of an official document and such copy has been used, or uses a copy of an official document knowing of its forgery.
The penalty shall be imprisonment if such copy is of an unofficial document.

Article (255)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on any physician or midwife who knowingly issues a false certificate or statement concerning a pregnancy, delivery, disease, physical disability, death or any other similar matter having connection with his profession, even if the act was committed due to a request, recommendation or intermediation.
Article (256)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, during the investigation procedures regarding a matter of death, inheritance or bequest prescribed by law, provides before the authority that is competent to issue the notice thereof, with false statements concerning the facts to be established, not knowing the reality of such facts or knowing that they are not correct, whenever the notice is issued on basis of said statements.

Article (257)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years or a fine not exceeding (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who provides incorrect personal information in a judicial or administrative investigation.
The same penalty shall be imposed on whoever provides false personal information to a public servant during and for the purpose of the performance of his job.
Article (258)
Whoever knowingly uses a forged document shall be punished by the penalty prescribed for the crime of forgery, as the case may be.
Whoever unlawfully uses or benefits from a genuine document or the copy thereof in the name of another person shall be punished by the same penalty, as the case may be.

Chapter Seven
Embezzlement and Damage to Public Funds
Article (260)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service who embezzles funds, papers or other things held in his possession ex officio or by reason of his assignment.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years if the crime is indivisibly connected to or associated with a crime of forgery or use of a forged document or forged copy of an official document.

Article (261)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service who takes advantage of his profession and unlawfully embezzles the funds, papers or other things of the State or any of the authorities stated in Article (5), or embezzles private papers or funds in his possession or facilitates the same for other persons.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years if the crime is indivisibly connected to or associated with a crime of forgery or use of a forged document or forged copy of an official document.
Article (262)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service who unlawfully obtains or attempts to obtain for himself or for a third party a profit or an interest from an act related to his job duties.

Article (263)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on any public servant officer or any person entrusted with a public service whose work is related to the collection of taxes, duties, fines or the like, who knowingly requests the payment of which is not due or what exceeds what is due.
Article (264)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service who deliberately harms the funds or interests of the entity where he works, or the funds or interests of a third party entrusted to such entity.

Article (265)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be applied on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service whose work is related to the preparation, administration or execution of contracting, supply or public works pertaining to the State or any of the authorities mentioned in Article (5) above, who benefits directly or through an intermediary from any of said works, or who obtains for himself or for another person, a commission in connection with any matter pertaining to such works.

Article (266)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately commits fraud in performing all or part of the obligations imposed thereon by a contracting agreement or supply contract or by any other administrative contract concluded between him and the Government or any of the authorities mentioned in Article (5). The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment if the crime has caused serious damage, or if said contract is concluded for the purpose of providing the needs of the defense and security, whenever the perpetrator is aware of such purpose.
Article (268)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine not more than (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service who, due to his fault, causes damage to the funds or interests of his employer or to the funds or interests of a third party assigned to said employer.

Chapter Eight
Strike and Obstruction of Work Progress
Article (272)
If at least three public servants leave their work or deliberately abstain from performing any of their duties, based on a mutual agreement among them or seeking to achieve an illicit purpose, each of them shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than (6) six months and not exceeding one year.
The penalty shall be imprisonment if such leaving or abstaining endangers peoples' lives, health or security, causes disturbance or sedition among people, causes disruption to another public interest, or if the perpetrator is an instigator.
In all cases, the court shall order the deportation of the foreigner perpetrator.
Article (273)
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who violates the public servant's right of work, whether done with force, violence and threat or in any unlawful manner.

Article (274)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine shall be imposed on any contractor or individual in charge of the administration of a public utility who stops the work whenever it is without justification and results in the disruption of performance or regularity of the public service.
Section Two
Crimes Relating to Public Service
Chapter One
Bribery
Article (275)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant, a person entrusted with a public service, a foreign public servant or an employee of an international organization who, directly or indirectly, requests, accepts, takes or promises an unentitled gift, privilege or grant, whether in favor of the employee himself or in favor of another person, entity or establishment, in return for performing or omit an act that falls within his job duties or for violating his job duties, even if he has intended not to perform or omit such act or to violate his job duties, or if such request, acceptance or taking occurs after performing or omitting the act or violating his job duties.

Article (276)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant, a person entrusted with a public service, a foreign public servant or an employee of an international organization who, directly or indirectly, requests, accepts, takes or promises, an unentitled gift, privilege or grant, whether in favor of the employee himself or in favor of another person, entity or establishment, in return for performing or omitting performing an act which is wrongly believed or which he claims to be among his job duties.
Article (278)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on whoever manages an entity or establishment of the Private Sector, or works therefor in any capacity, who, directly or indirectly, requests, accepts, takes or promises, an unentitled gift, privilege or grant, whether in favor of the employee himself or for another person, in return for performing or omitting an act that falls within his job duties or that violates his job duties, even if he has intended not to perform or omit such act, or if such request, acceptance or promise occurs after performing or omitting the act.

Article (279)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years, shall be imposed on any person who, directly or indirectly, promises, offers or grants a person managing an entity or an establishment in the Private Sector an unentitled gift, privilege or grant, whether in favor of said person himself or in favor of another person, in return for performing or omitting an act that falls within his job duties or that violates of his job duties.
Article (280)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years, shall be imposed on any person who, promises, offers, or gives, directly or indirectly, a public servant, a person entrusted with a public service, a foreign public servant or an employee of an international organization, an unentitled gift, benefit or grant, whether in favor of the employee himself or for another person or entity, in return for performing or omitting an act included in his job duties in violation thereof.

Article (281)
A penalty of Imprisonment for a period not less than one year and/or a fine not less than (20,000) twenty thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever requests, for himself or for others, accepts or takes a promise or gift to use real or alleged influence to obtain or to attempt to obtain, from a public department or authority or an entity subject to its supervision, a grant, service, benefit, or any unentitled privilege of any kind.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years if the perpetrator is a public servant, a person entrusted with a public service, a foreign public servant or an employee of an international organization.
Article (282)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on whoever intermediates to influence the briber or the bribed to offer, request, accept, receive or promise a bribe.

Chapter Two
Jobbery of Abuse of Power
Article (288)
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service who, in cases other than those stipulated in the law, arrests, incarcerates or detains any person.
Article (289)
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service if he knowingly searches a person, his residence or his place of work in cases other than those stipulated in the law, or without consideration of the conditions contained therein.
Article (290)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant who, personally or through an intermediary, uses torture, force or threat with an accused, witness or expert in order to compel him to confess a crime, to make a statement or to give information relating thereto, or in order to conceal any matter.

Article (291)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on any public officer who punishes or orders to punish any convict with a penalty that is more severe than the one imposed thereon or a penalty which has not been imposed thereon.
Article (292)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and not exceeding (5) five years, shall be imposed on any public servant whose work is related to managing or guarding a correctional facility or any other establishment or institution designated for the enforcement of the criminal or social defense measures if he accepts, without an order from the competent authority, to place a person in such establishment or institution, or to hold him therein after expiry of the period determined for such order, or who refrains from executing the order of release.

Article (293)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and/or a fine not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service who, based on the power of his office, treats any person with cruelty, in such a manner as to dishonor or cause him physical pain.
Article (294)
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant who, abuses the power of his office, to stop or impede the enforcement of the provisions of laws, regulations, systems, resolutions or orders issued by the Government, or the execution of any judgment or order issued by a competent judicial authority, or to delay the collection of any funds, taxes or duties prescribed by the Government.
Article (295)
A penalty by imprisonment shall be imposed on any employee in post, telegraph or telephone offices, who opens, destroys or conceals a letter or telegram or data deposited or delivered to any of said offices, or who facilitates such acts for others, or who discloses confidential information contained in a letter, telegram, or telephone call.

Article (296)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service, apart from those mentioned in the preceding Article, who discloses, damages, conceals, or facilitates for another person the acquisition of, information or data that he knows of or unlawfully extracts by virtue of his office.

Chapter Three
Assault on Employees
Article (297)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (6) six months shall be imposed on anyone who uses force or violence or threat against any public servant or any person entrusted with public a service, with the intention of unlawfully forcing him to perform or omit any of his office duties, and has not achieved his intended purpose; however, if he achieves his intended purpose, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year.
If the crime is premeditated, or committed by more than one person or by a person carrying a visible weapon, or if the crime is accompanied by battery, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine not exceeding (100,000) one hundred thousand AED.

Article (298)
1. A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (6) six months and a fine not less than (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who assaults a public servant or a person entrusted with a public service, or if he resists him forcibly or violently, in the course of or because of the performance of his duties or service.
2. The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine not less than (50,000) fifty thousand AED, if the assault or resistance involves battery.
3. If any of the crimes stated in the preceding paragraph is premeditated, or committed by more than one person or by a person carrying a visible weapon, or if the assaulted public service is an employee of the security or police authorities, the penalty shall be imprisonment.

Chapter Four
Assumption of Offices and Capacities
Article (299)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on anyone who impersonates any of the public offices. The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who interferes with a public office or service, or performs any of its duties or requirements without being competent or entrusted therewith, for the achievement of an unlawful purpose or to obtain for himself or for others a privilege of any kind.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year and not exceeding (5) five years if any of the crimes cited in the first paragraph is committed by impersonating the capacity of security or police personnel.

Article (300)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever unlawfully publicly wears official uniform or attire exclusively designated by law for a certain category of people, wears the uniform of a rank higher than his, wears a medal, ribbon, badge or sign of an office, or impersonates any of the officially recognized honorary, official, scientific or university titles, or any of the military ranks or public parliamentary capacities. This provision shall also apply if the uniform, medal, or any of the aforementioned items belongs to a foreign country.

Section Three
Crimes Against the Administration of Justice
Chapter One
False Testimony, Perjury and Abstention from Testifying
Article (302)
Whoever delivers under oath false testimony before a judicial authority or a panel, competent to hear witnesses, or who denies the truth, conceals all or part of what he knows concerning the facts of a lawsuit regarding which he is being interrogated, whether the person delivering the testimony is admitted to testify or whether his testimony is accepted in the proceedings or not, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than (3) three months.
If such an act occurs in the course of investigating a felony or the trial thereof, he shall be punished by temporary imprisonment; and if the false testimony results in adjudging the death penalty or life imprisonment, the false witness shall be punished by the same penalty.

Article (304)
The following shall be exempted from the penalty:
1. Any witness who - by telling the truth - would conceivably expose himself to serious prejudice to his liberty or honor, or would expose his spouse, even divorced, or any of his ascendants, descendants, siblings, or in-laws of the same degrees.
2. Any witness who, having announced to the court his name, surname and nickname, was not supposed to be heard as a witness or was supposed to be warned that, if this were his wish, he would have been entitled to abstain from bearing witness.
3. If in the two above cases, the false testimony has exposed another person to any legal prosecution or conviction, the witness shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than (6) six months.

Article (306)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on any expert, translator or fact-finder appointed by the judicial authority or administrative authority in a civil or criminal lawsuit, who knowingly confirms a matter contrary to the truth and knowingly interprets the same inaccurately.
Temporary imprisonment shall be imposed if the assignment entrusted to the aforementioned categories is related to a felony.
The aforementioned categories shall be deprived from re-assuming the same assignments which had been entrusted thereto, and they shall be subject to the provisions of Article (304) of this Law.

Article (307)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on any physician or midwife requesting or accepting, for themselves or for others, a gift or privilege of any kind or a promise of anything of the like, in return for delivering false testimony concerning pregnancy, childbirth, disease, physical disability or death, or if they give such testimony due to a request, recommendation or intermediation.
In such a case, the provision of the second paragraph of Article (302) of this Law shall apply.
Article (308)
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (290) of this Law, a penalty of imprisonment and a fine shall be imposed on anyone who uses torture, force or threat, or who offers a gift or privilege of any kind or a promise of any such things, in order to coerce another person to withhold information, or to make untrue statements or conceal any evidence before any judicial authority.

Article (309)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years and a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who compels the adversary party in a civil matter to take oath or to whom oath is reverted and commits perjury.
The perpetrator shall be exempted from the penalty if he tells the truth after committing perjury and before the issuance of a judgment on the lawsuit in which perjury has been committed.
Article (310)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and/or a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who is summoned to testimony before any judicial authority and who abstains from taking the oath or testifying evidence, unless his refusal is justified by an acceptable excuse.
The perpetrator shall be exempted from the penalty if he retracts his abstention before the issuance of any judgment on the lawsuit.

Chapter Two
Influencing and Defamation of the Judiciary
Article (311)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who, by any means of publicity, prejudices the dignity of a judge or any member of the Public Prosecution in respect of any lawsuit or in relation thereto.

Article (312)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine shall be imposed on any individual who through any means of publicity, disseminates information with the intent to influence the judges entrusted with deciding on a lawsuit presented before them, or on the members of Public Prosecution, any other persons who are charged with the investigation or expert work, or on any witnesses who may be summoned to testify in any lawsuit or investigation.
The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who, through any means of publicity, disseminates information with the intent to prevent a person from disclosing any information to the competent authorities, or to influence the public opinion in favor of or against any of the parties to the lawsuit or investigation.
If the published information is false, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine.

Article (313)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who, by any means of publicity, publishes:
1. News in respect of a current investigation into a crime or any of the documents relevant to such investigation, if the investigation authority has prohibited the publication of any such news.
2. News in respect of investigations or proceedings in lawsuits of pedigree, marriage, child custody, divorce, alimony, separation, adultery, libel or disclosure of secrets.
3. Names or pictures of juvenile delinquents.
4. Names or pictures of victims of crimes against honor.
5. Names or pictures of convicted persons with a stay of execution.
6. Court deliberations.
7. News in respect of lawsuits which courts have decided to hear in secret sessions or which they have prohibited their publication.

Article (314)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, by any means of publicity, in a dishonest manner and in bad faith, publishes the proceedings of the court hearings.
Chapter Three
Obstruction of Judicial Proceedings
Article (315)
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who, with the intention to mislead the judiciary, the investigation authority or evidence-gathering, modifies the situations of the persons, places or things, conceals the evidence of the crime, or knowingly provides false information in this respect.
Article (316)
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine shall be imposed on anyone who conceals, destroys, or takes possession of a document, deed or any other thing submitted to any of the investigation authorities, or in a lawsuit before any of the judicial authorities, for the purpose of misleading the judiciary or the investigation authority.
This provision shall apply even if such document, deed or thing is left in possession of the person who submits it, until requested.

Article (317)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (6) six months or a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who pursuant to the law, is required to submit a document of any other item useful for establishing a fact presented to the courts, but abstains therefrom in cases other than those permitted by the law.
Article (318)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years and/or a fine not exceeding (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who in bad faith, commits an act intended to obstruct enforcement procedures on assets that are judicially seized, whether by moving, concealing, disposing of, destroying or altering their conditions.
The above penalty shall apply, even if the act is committed by the owner or custodian of the asset.

Article (319)
The penalty prescribed in the preceding Article shall be imposed on any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service who deliberately and unlawfully abstains from executing a judgment or order issued by any court after the lapse of (8) eight days as of being officially notified of execution, whenever the execution of such judgment or order is within his competence.
Article (320)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who hides the body of a person who died in an accident.
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who buries such body prior to authorizing such burial by the competent entities.
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (3) three months or a fine if he buries the body of a person who dies naturally, without permission by the competent entities.

Chapter Four
Abstention From Reporting Crimes
Article (321)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine shall be imposed on any public servant in charge of detecting and seizing crimes, who fails or defers to report a crime that comes to his knowledge.
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine shall be imposed on any official who is not in charge of detecting or seizing crimes, and fails or defers to notify the concerned authority of a crime that comes to his knowledge, in the course of or in respect of the performance his job.
No penalties shall be imposed if filing a lawsuit in either of the cases stated in the preceding two paragraphs, is dependent on a complaint.
Exemption from the penalty stipulated in the second paragraph of this Article may be granted if the public servant is a spouse, descendant, ascendant, sibling, or an in-law with the same degree of relationship, of the perpetrator.

Article (322)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and/or a fine not less than (20,000) twenty thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, in the course of practicing his medical or health profession, examines a deceased person or gives first aid to a seriously injured person, in whom he finds signs showing that the death or injury is the result of a crime or that the circumstances of such death or injury appear doubtful thereto, and has not informed the authorities.
Article (323)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine shall be imposed on whoever becomes aware of a crime and abstains from informing the competent authorities.
Exemption from such penalty may be granted if the person abstaining is a spouse, descendant, ascendant, sibling, or an in-law with the same degree of relationship, of the perpetrator.

Chapter Five
False Reporting
Article (324)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (6) six months and/or a fine shall be imposed on whoever reports to judicial or administrative authorities non-existent or false accidents or hazards, or a crime knowing that it has not been committed.
Article (325)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on whoever, falsely and in bad faith, informs the judicial or administrative authorities that a person has committed an act subject to criminal punishment or administrative sanction, even if it does not result in filing a criminal or disciplinary lawsuit; and also on whoever falsely and contrary to the reality fabricates material evidence to a crime committed by a person, or causes legal proceedings to be taken against a person that he knows he is innocent.
The penalty in both cases shall be imprisonment and a fine if the crime falsely reported is a felony; and if such false reporting leads to imposing a penalty prescribed for a felony, the false reporter shall be punished by the same penalty imposed.

Chapter Six
Breaking of Seals and Tampering with Objects Held in Safe-Keeping
Article (326)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and/or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who removes, breaks or destroys any of the seals placed by virtue of an order issued by the judicial authority or the administrative entities on a shop, documents or any other things, or who renders, through any means, the seal ineffective for its intended purpose.
The penalty shall be imprisonment if the perpetrator is the custodian.
If the perpetrator uses violence against persons upon committing the crime, this shall be deemed as an aggravating circumstance.

Article (327)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on anyone who unlawfully removes, destroys or acquires papers, documents or things left under a judicial or administrative judgment or order in such places prepared for safe-keeping thereof, or delivered to a person assigned to preserve them; and the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment if the perpetrator is the custodian or the person in charge of preserving such items.
If the perpetrator uses violence against persons upon committing the crime, this shall be deemed as an aggravating circumstance.
Article (328)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (6) six months and/or a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, while entrusted with the safe-keeping of a seal placed by virtue of a judicial or administrative judgment or order, causes, due to his negligence, any of the crimes stipulated in the two preceding Articles to be committed.

Chapter Seven
Escape of the Accused and Convicts
Article (329)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years shall be imposed on anyone who escapes while being held by force of the law, held under arrest or detention pending investigation.
The penalty shall be imprisonment if the crime is committed by two or more persons, or by threat or violence against persons or property.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years if the crime is committed through the use or threat to use weapons.

Article (330)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years shall be imposed on anyone placed under electronic surveillance, by virtue of a decision or judgment, and escapes from the surveillance imposed thereon.
The same penalty stipulated in the preceding paragraph shall be imposed on anyone placed under electronic surveillance, by virtue of a decision or judgment, and disrupts or hinders, by any means the remote surveillance device, which detects his location or his absence from his designated residence as per the decision of the Public Prosecution or the competent court, as the case may be.
If the act stated in the preceding paragraph led to the total or partial damage of the electronic receivers and surveillance devices, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine not less than (20,000) twenty thousand AED and no exceeding (30,000) thirty thousand AED, along with obligating the perpetrator to pay the value of the damaged devices.

Article (331)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years or by a fine not exceeding (20,000) twenty thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone in charge of guarding, watching, transporting or escorting a person under arrest, and who by his negligence causes the escape of such person, if the fugitive is convicted of a penalty prescribed for a felony or an accused in a felony. But in other cases, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (6) six months or a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED.

Article (332)
Whoever is in charge of guarding, watching, transporting or escorting a person under arrest, and assists him to escape, facilitates his escape, or overlooks it, shall be punished according to the following provisions:
1. If the fugitive is sentenced to death, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years.
2. If the fugitive is sentenced to temporary or life imprisonment or if he is accused of a crime punishable by death, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (7) seven years.
3. In other cases, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year.
Article (333)
Any public servant or any person entrusted with a public service, who is assigned with the arrest of a person and who neglects to execute the order with the intent of helping him to escape from justice, shall be punished by the penalty stipulated in the preceding Article, as per the cases stated therein.

Article (334)
Whoever enables or helps an arrested person to escape or facilitates his escape, in cases other than those mentioned in the preceding Articles, shall be punished according to the following provisions:
1. If the fugitive is sentenced to death, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years.
2. If the fugitive is sentenced to life or temporary imprisonment, or if he is accused of a crime punishable by death, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years.
3. In other cases, the penalty shall be imprisonment.
If the crime is committed by two or more persons by using threat or violence against persons or things, or by using or threatening to use weapons, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance; however, the penalty shall in no case exceed the maximum limit prescribed for the crime committed by the fugitive.
Article (335)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (7) seven years shall be imposed on anyone who supplies an arrested person with weapons or tools to assist in their escape.

Article (336)
Anyone who hides or harbors, personally or through an intermediary, a fugitive under arrest, an accused of a crime or is a person subject of an order of arrest, and anyone who helps him, in any way, to escape from justice, shall be punished according to the following provisions:
1. If the person who was hidden, harbored or helped to escape from justice is sentenced to death, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (7) seven years, and if he is sentenced to life or temporary imprisonment or is accused of a crime punishable by death sentence, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years.
In other cases, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (3) three months.
2. In the crime is committed by two or more persons, with the use of threat or violence against persons or property, or with the use or threat to use weapons, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.

Article (337)
Anyone who knows that a crime is committed, and helps its perpetrator escape from justice by concealing any of the crime's evidence, providing false information concerning the crime, while knowing that they are false, or by providing any other kind of assistance, shall be punished according to the following provisions:
1. If the person escaping from justice is accused of a felony punishable by death, the penalty shall be imprisonment.
2. In other cases, the penalty shall be either imprisonment or a fine.

Section Four
Crimes Causing Public Threat
Chapter One
Transgression Against Public Means of Transportation and Utilities
Article (338)
A penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who attacks an aircraft or a ship with the intention of seizing it or seizing all or part of the goods transported thereon, or with the intention of harming one or more persons onboard thereof, or in order to unwarrantably change its direction.
The same penalty shall be imposed if the act is committed by a person who is onboard the aircraft or ship.
If the perpetrator, immediately after seizing the aircraft or ship, without causing damage thereto or to the goods transported thereon, or harm to any of the persons on board, returns such aircraft or ship to its lawful pilot or captain or to any individual who has legal title to take possession thereof, the penalty to be imposed shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years.

Article (339)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately endangers, in any manner, the safety of a ship or aircraft or any other public transport means.
The penalty shall be life imprisonment if said act results in a disaster to any of the above.
Article (340)
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine shall be imposed on anyone who causes sabotage or damage to a public road, airport, maritime port, land port, vault, or navigable water course.
The penalty shall be life or temporary imprisonment, if the perpetrator uses fireworks or explosives to commit the crime.
Article (341)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (7) seven years shall be imposed on any individual deliberately disrupts the function of a public land, sea or air means of transportation.
Article (342)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who causes by his fault an accident to any of the public land, sea or air means of transportation, that would disrupt its functioning or endangers persons.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment if said act results in a disaster.

Article (343)
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately endangers the safety of any private means of transportation in any manner.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment if the act deliberately affects the means of transportation of the security or police authorities.
Article (344)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine not less than (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately removes, breaks, destroys or incapacitates any equipment, tools or signs designated for prevention of accidents or surveillance cameras.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment if said act results in a disaster.
In all cases, the perpetrator shall be ordered to pay the value of the damages caused thereby.

Article (346)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment and a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever transports or attempts to transport any weapons, ammunition, fireworks, military equipment, or flammable, chemical, biological, radiant or nuclear substances in a land, sea or air means of transportation, or via a letter or parcel, in violation to the relevant laws, regulations or systems.
In all cases, a judgment shall be issued ordering the confiscation of the seized materials and means of transportation, and the deportation of the foreigner.
Article (347)
A penalty of by temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years if he deliberately disrupts a means of telecommunication or other services allocated for public benefit or cuts or destroys or deliberately prevents the repair of any of its wires or devices.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years if the crime is committed at times of war, riot or commotion or by the use of firecrackers or explosives.

Article (348)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on any individual who deliberately causes nuisance to other through using telecommunication devices.
Article (349)
A penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever deliberately endangers the life or safety of people, by using substances, germs or other things which cause death or serious damage to public health.
Article (350)
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine shall be imposed on anyone who spoils the water of a well, reservoir, any other public water storage tank, or any other similar thing designated for the public use, causing such water to become unfit for use.
Article (351)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (10) ten years shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately breaks, destroys or commits any other similar act impairing the machines, pipes or devices pertaining to the utilities of water, electricity, gas, petroleum or any other public utility, if such act puts said utility out of service.

Article (352)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever deliberately demolishes, sabotages, spoils or causes damage to any fixed or mobile private health facilities and units or items or instruments present in such units and facilities, or deliberately impairs any of them or makes them unfit for use.
Article (353)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine not less than (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever deliberately disrupts, in any manner, a device, machine, or other things which are designated for first aid, firefighting, rescue of drowned persons or prevention of other accidents.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment if the crime results in a disaster.
In all cases, the perpetrator shall be ordered by a judgment to pay the value of the damages caused thereby.

Chapter Two
Fire
Article (354)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (7) seven years shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately sets fire to buildings, factories, workshops, warehouses, occupied or unoccupied buildings located in a city or village, or to railway coaches or stations, vehicles carrying one or more persons or attached to a train carrying one or more persons, ships navigating or anchoring in any harbor, aircraft flying or landing in an airport, or to buildings constructed or designated for residence located outside inhabited areas, whether all such things are owned by the perpetrator or not.
If it appears that the fire was set to grant the perpetrator or another person an advantage, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.
In all cases, a judgment shall be issued ordering the perpetrator to pay a fine equivalent to the damages caused thereby.

Article (355)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately sets fire to:
1. Timberlands or forests for wood gathering, or gardens or crops before they are harvested, if they are the property of other persons.
2. Timberlands or forests for wood gathering, or gardens, or crops before they are harvested, if they are his own property and if the fire has extended to other persons property, causing harm thereto.
Article (356)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately sets fire to buildings that are uninhabited and are not designated for habitation, which are located out of the inhabited areas, or to crops, piles of hay, harvested yield left where it has been harvested, or to firewood piled, closely packed together or left where it has been gathered, whether such things are not the property of the perpetrator, or are his own property and the fire has extended to another person's property causing harm thereto.

Article (357)
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever sets fire in cases other than the cases stated in the preceding Articles for the purpose of inflicting material damage to third parties, or gaining illicit advantage for the perpetrator or another person.
Article (358)
If the fire results in the death of a human being, the person who has set it shall be sentenced to death in the cases stipulated in Articles (354) and (355) of this Law, and to life imprisonment in the cases stipulated in Articles (356) and (357).
Article (360)
Anyone who causes, by his fault, the burning of any object belonging to a third party, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED.

Article (361)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year or a fine not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who is, by force of the law or regulations, bound to keep firefighting equipment, and fails to duly install it or to keep it in a continuous operational condition.
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year or a fine not less than (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever removes firefighting equipment or changes its place or makes it unfit for use.

Section Five
Crimes Against Religions, Creeds and Rites
Article (362)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who commits any of the following crimes:
1. Offending any of the Islamic sacred beliefs or rites.
2. Insulting any of the recognized divine religions.
3. Approving, instigating or promoting sin or doing any act that would tempt people to commit sin.
If any of such crimes is committed in public, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year and/or a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED.
Article (363)
1. No penalty shall be imposed on drinking, possessing or trading in alcoholic drinks in the cases and at places authorized in accordance with the legislation in force. Each Emirate shall have regulations for the use, circulation and possession of or trading in alcoholic drinks.

2. A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine not exceeding (500,000) five hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who possesses, manufactures, brings, promotes, sells alcoholic drinks, or prepares or sets up a place for the consumption of alcoholic drinks, or engages in any activity related to the same without a license from the competent authorities or in violation of the terms of the license, in other cases or places than those authorized in accordance with the legislation in force.
   3. A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding than (6) six months and/or a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred AED shall be imposed on anyone who drinks alcoholic drinks in a public place or in places other than those authorized in accordance with the legislation in force, or is found drunk in a public place and causes a riot or nuisance to others or disturbs public comfort because of his drunkenness.
   4. A penalty of imprisonment and a fine not exceeding (100,000) one hundred AED shall be imposed on whoever offers or sells alcoholic drinks to any person under (21) years of age, or incites him to drink them, or buys them for the purpose of offering to such person. Any of such acts shall not be considered a crime if the perpetrator verifies that the age of the person to which the alcoholic drinks is offered or sold is not less than (21) years, based on his passport or any official document.
   In all cases, a judgment shall be issued ordering the confiscation of the seized alcoholic drinks and funds obtained therefrom, and the machines, materials, and means used in their production or transportation, and the closure of the shop or place where the crime occurs. The court may order the deportation of the foreigner.
   Article (364)
   A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who offends any of the sacred beliefs or rites dictated in other religions, whenever they are protected under the provisions of Islamic Sharia.

Article (365)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who knowingly profanes or desecrates any place designated for the burial of deceased persons or the preservation of human remains, or anyone who knowingly profanes or desecrates the corpse or human remains.

Article (366)
1. A penalty of imprisonment and a fine not less than (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever commits an act of deceit, sorcery and quackery, whether it is true or by trickery, paid or free of charge, such acts include:
a. Committing acts, uttering words or using methods or means that are not logically accepted to affect a person's body, heart, mind or will, whether directly or indirectly, truly or illusionary.
b. Misleading people's vision or controlling their senses or hearts, by any means, to make them see the thing contrary to its reality for the purpose of exploiting them or affecting their beliefs or minds.
2. The court shall order the deportation of the foreigner convict.
In all cases, the court shall order the confiscation of the seized materials.

Article (367)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on whoever:
1. Seeks the help of another person in the acts of deceit, sorcery and quackery stated in the preceding Article with the intention of affecting a third party's body, heart, mind or will.
2. Brings or imports to the State or acquires or possesses or disposes by any means of disposition of books, spells, materials or tools designated for the acts of deceit, sorcery and quackery stated in the preceding Article.
3. Promotes, by any means whatsoever, any of the acts of trickery, magic or jugglery stated in the preceding Article.

Article (368)
Anyone who founds, establishes, organizes or administers an association, entity, organization or any subsidiary thereof, aiming to challenge or raise doubts in the basic principles and instructions of the Islamic Religion, any of its necessarily well-known mandates and precepts, or to preach any religion other than Islam, or to propagate any doctrine or idea which includes, recommends or promotes any of the foregoing, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years and not exceeding (10) ten years.
Article (369)
Anyone who, while being fully aware of its objectives, joins, participates in or provide assistance of any kind to an association or any of the other entities stated in the preceding Article, Shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (7) seven years.

Article (370)
Anyone who challenges or raises doubts in the basic principles and instructions of the Islamic Religion, or any of its necessarily well-known mandates and precepts, or who offends it or who preaches another religion or propagates any doctrine or idea which includes, recommends or promotes any of the foregoing shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years.
Article (371)
It is prohibited for any group, entity or organization to hold any conference or meeting, in any place in the State, if they aim from such meeting, directly or indirectly, to challenge or raise doubts in the basic principles and instructions of the Islamic Religion or any of its necessarily well-known mandates and precepts, or to preach any religion other than Islam.
The Public Authority may to terminate such conference or meeting with the use of force, if necessary.
Anyone who participates in the preparation of such conference or meeting, or who takes part therein, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years and not exceeding (10) ten years.

Article (372)
If any of the crimes stipulated in Articles (369) and (371) of this Law is committed with the use of force or threat, or if the use of force or threat is noticeable in committing them, the perpetrator shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (7) seven years.
Article (373)
Anyone who acquires documents, printed materials or recording materials containing recommendation or promotion of anything from amongst those stipulated in Article (371), and such documents, printed materials or recordings are prepared for distribution or to give other persons access thereto, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less one year and/or a fine not less than (5,000) five thousand AED.
The penalty stipulated in the preceding Paragraph shall be imposed on anyone who owns any means of printing, recording or publicity that have been used for printing, recording or broadcasting proclamations, songs or propaganda for a doctrine, association, entity or organization with aiming to any of the objectives stated in Article (371).

Article (374)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and/or a fine not less than (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever obtains or receives funds, directly or indirectly, from a person or an entity inside or outside the State if this is for the purpose of performing or promoting any of the acts stipulated in Articles (370) and (371) of this Law.
Section Six
Crimes Against the Family
Article (378)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who separates a new-born from the person who has legitimate power over him, or who hides such new-born, replaces him with another new-born, or falsely imputes him to other than his parents.
In the event where there is evidence that said new-born is born dead, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two months and/or a fine not exceeding (50,000) fifty thousand AED.

Article (379)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who is in charge of a child and refrains from giving him up to the person who is entitled to claim him by virtue of a final decision or judgment issued by the judicial authority.
Article (380)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine shall be imposed on either of the parents or grandparents who abducts his minor child or his grandchild, personally or through an intermediary, even without deception or coercion, or refuses to return or deliver the minor child, to the person who is entitled to his custody or care in accordance with a final decision or judgment issued by the judicial authority.

Article (382)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and/or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone against whom an enforceable judgment is issued, obligating him to pay alimony to his spouse, any of his relatives or legal dependents, or to pay the fee of custody, breastfeeding or residence but refrains from doing so, although he is capable of paying it, for a period of (3) three months after being warned to pay.
The lawsuit may only be filed based on a complaint from the concerned party.
If convict pays all the sums due from him or provides a guaranty accepted by the concerned party, the penalty shall not be executed.

Article (384)
1. Whoever deliberately kills a person shall be punished by life imprisonment.
2. The penalty shall be the death penalty if the murder is committed with premeditation or predetermination, or accompanied by or associated with another crime, or committed against any of the perpetrator's descendants or against a public servant or a person entrusted with a public service in the course of, due to or on the occasion of performing his duties or service, or if a poisonous or explosive substance is used in the crime.
3. The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (7) seven years if the relatives waive their right to Qisas at any stage of the lawsuit or before the execution of the penalty.

Article (386)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (6) six months or a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever attempts suicide.
The court may order to place the perpetrator in a therapeutical shelter instead of imposing the penalty prescribed for the crime on him, in accordance with the controls stipulated in Article (142) of this Law.
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever incites or assists another person to commit suicide in any manner if he commits or attempts suicide based on the same.
If the person who has committed suicide is under 18 years of age or of diminished capacity or perception, this shall be considered as an aggravating circumstance.
The instigator shall be punished by the penalty prescribed for deliberate murder or attempt thereto, as the case may be, if the person committing or attempting suicide lacks choice or perception.

Article (387)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (10) ten years shall be imposed on anyone who commits assault on the physical safety of another person, in any manner, without intending to kill him, but the assault leads to his death.
If any of the circumstances stipulated in the second paragraph of Article (384) is fulfilled, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.
Committing the act while in a state of drunkenness or narcotization shall also be considered an aggravating circumstance, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles (62) and (63).

Article (388)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (7) seven years shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately causes permanent disability to another.
If any of the circumstances stipulated in the second paragraph of Article (384) of this Law is fulfilled, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.
A disability is deemed permanent if the injury has caused the cutting of, severance or amputation of an organ or any part thereof, or total or partial or loss of its benefit, or the permanent total or partial loss of the function of any sense.
Any grave mutilation which cannot be removed shall be considered as disability.

Article (389)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on anyone who commits assault on the physical integrity of another person, in any manner, leading to unintentional permanent disability.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (10) ten years if any of the circumstances stipulated in the second paragraph of Article (384) is fulfilled, or if the perpetrator commits the act in a state of drunkenness or narcotization, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles (62 and 63) of this Law.

Article (390)
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine shall be imposed on anyone who commits assault on the physical integrity of another person in any manner whatever, which leads to a disease or the inability to carry on his personal activities for more than twenty days.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED if the results of the assault are not as grave as is described in the preceding paragraph.
If the assault leads on a pregnant woman to miscarriage, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.
Article (391)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and/or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on any pregnant woman who aborts herself deliberately by any means whatsoever.
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than two years or a fine not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately aborts a pregnant woman with her consent by any means whatsoever.

If she is aborted by a physician, surgeon, pharmacist, midwife or other technician, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years, without prejudice to any more severe penalty stipulated by any other law.
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (7) seven years shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately aborts a pregnant woman without her consent.
Attempt to commit any of the acts as stipulated in this Article shall be punishable by half the penalties prescribed therein.

Article (392)
If the assault stipulated in Articles (387), (388), (338) and (389) of this Law, and in the fourth paragraph of the preceding Article is committed using a weapon, club or machine or any other tool, by one or more members of a gang composed of at least three persons, who have conspired to assault and cause injury, the penalty shall be imprisonment and a fine for each of them, without prejudice to the severer penalty prescribed for any of them who takes part in the assault, or to any other penalty stipulated by law.
If the crimes stated in the preceding Articles are committed during a war against wounded persons, even if they are enemies, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.

Article (393)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on any individual who, by his fault, causes the death of another person.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine if the crime is committed as a result of the perpetrator's violation of the duties imposed thereon by the principles of his job, profession, or craft, or if he has been, at the time of the accident, in a state of drunkenness or narcotization, or if he refrains from helping the victim or requesting help for the victim although he is capable of doing so.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (2) two years and not exceeding (5) five years and a fine if the act has caused the death of more than three persons. If another circumstance from amongst those stated in the preceding paragraph is fulfilled, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (3) three years and not exceeding (7) seven years and a fine.

Article (394)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and/or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, by his fault, causes injury to the physical integrity of another person.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years and a fine the crime causes permanent disability, or if the crime is committed as a result of the perpetrator's violation of the duties imposed thereon by the principles of his job, profession, or craft, or if he has been, at the time of the accident, in a state of drunkenness or narcotization, or if he refrains from helping the victim or requesting help for the victim although he is capable of doing so.
The penalty shall be imprisonment and a fine if the act results in assaulting the physical integrity of more than three persons. If other circumstance from amongst those stated in the preceding paragraph is fulfilled, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (6) six months and not exceeding (5) five years and a fine.

Chapter Two
Crimes Against Liberty
Article (395)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who unlawfully, personally or through an intermediary, and through any means, kidnaps, seizes, detains or deprives another person of his liberty. The penalty shall be life imprisonment in the following cases:
1. If the act is committed by impersonating a public capacity or with the pretension to perform or to be entrusted with a public service, or claiming a false capacity.
2. If the act is fraudulently committed or with the use of force or threat to kill or seriously harm, or by means of bodily or psychological torture.
3. If the act is committed by two or more persons or by a person carrying weapons.
4. If the period of the kidnapping, seizure, detention or deprivation of liberty exceeds one month.
5. If the victim is a female, juvenile, insane, imbecile or disabled.

6. If the act is committed with the intention to realize profit, to take revenge, to rape the victim or violate his honor, to injure him or to induce him to commit a crime.
   7. If the act is committed against a public servant during or due to the performance of his job.
   If said act caused the death of the victim, the penalty shall be the death penalty.
   The penalty prescribed for the principal perpetrator shall also apply to anyone who acts as intermediary in the commission of any of the crimes referred to in this Article as well as anyone who knowingly hides a kidnapped person.
   Article (397)
   Whoever brings or takes out an individual into or from the country with the deliberate intent to possess or dispose of thereof, as well as whoever possesses, purchases, sells, offers for sale, or in any way engages in the disposition of another person on the premise of being slaves, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment.

Article (398)
Whoever forces a person to work, with or without pay, for a private interest, in cases other than those permitted by law, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or a fine not surpassing (10,000) ten thousand Dirhams or one of these two penalties.
Chapter Three
Exposure to Danger
Article (399)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who deliberately commits an act that would endanger people's life, health, safety or liberty.
The penalty shall be imprisonment if any injury of any kind has resulted from such act, without prejudice to any severer punishment prescribed by the law.

Article (400)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years shall be imposed on anyone who, personally or through an intermediary, endangers a juvenile who has not completed (15) fifteen years of age or a person incapable of protecting himself due to his health, mental or psychological condition.
The penalty shall be imprisonment if the crime is committed by way of abandoning the juvenile or disabled in a deserted place, or if it is committed by an ascendant of the victim or by any person whose duty is to protect and take care of the victim.
If permanent disability or death of the victim has resulted from the act, without any intention on the part of the perpetrator to cause disability or death, the latter shall be punished by the penalty prescribed for the crime of assault leading to a permanent disability or with the penalty for the assault leading to death, as the case may be.
The same penalty shall also be imposed if such endangerment occurs by way of deliberately depriving the juvenile or the disabled of the food or care which his condition necessitates, whenever the perpetrator is legally bound to provide it.

Article (401)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED anyone who, either personally or through an intermediary, endangers in an inhabited area a child who has not completed (7) seven years of age.
Chapter Four
Threat
Article (402)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (7) seven years shall be imposed on anyone who threatens another, in writing or orally, to commit a felony against his person or property, or against the person or property of another person, or to attribute or disclose dishonorable matters thereto, whenever such threats are associated with a request or assignment to commit or refrain from an act, or are intended to achieve such purpose.
Article (403)
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who threatens another to commit a felony against his person or property or against the person or property of another person, or to attribute or disclose dishonorable matters thereto, in cases other than those described in the preceding Article.

Article (404)
Anyone who, threatens another, by word or deed, or by any written or oral allusion, either personally or through an intermediary, in cases other than those described in the two preceding two Articles, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED.
Article (405)
Without prejudice to any severe penalty, a penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on whoever is caught in circumstances that pose a threat to public security or the safety of persons or funds while carrying an injuring, cutting, piercing, crushing, bruising or stinging machine or tool, unless it is due to his professional activity or due to a legitimate reason.

Chapter Five
Crimes Against Honor
Part One
Rape, Disgracing and Intercourse with Consent
Article (406)
Whoever forcibly has sexual intercourse with a female shall be punished by life imprisonment.
The penalty shall be the death penalty if the victim is not more than (18) eighteen years of age, or her will is not recognized for any reason, or if she has a physical disability, or suffers from a health condition that renders her unable to resist, or if the perpetrator is one of the victim's ascendants or non-marriageable relatives, one of those who raise or care for her or those who have authority over her, or if the perpetrator is a servant of the victim or any of the aforementioned persons, or if the perpetrators are two or more persons.

Article (407)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who disgraces any person, whether a male or a female.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years and not exceeding (20) twenty years, if the act or attempt is accompanied by use of force or threat.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (10) ten years and not exceeding (25) twenty five years, if the victim is not more than (18) eighteen years of age, or his will is not recognized for any reason, or if he has a physical disability, or suffers from a health condition that renders him unable to resist, or if the perpetrator is one of the victim's ascendants or non-marriageable relatives, one of those who raise or care for him or those who have authority over him, or if the perpetrator is the servant of the victim or any of the aforementioned persons, or if the crime occurs in a place of work, study, shelter or care.
Article (408)
If any of the crimes stipulated in Articles (406) and (407) results in the death of the victim, the penalty shall be the death penalty.

Article (409)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (6) six months shall be imposed on whoever has sexual intercourse with a female, or commits sodomy with a male, who has completed (18) eighteen years of age with consent thereof.
The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who accepts to engage in such action.
No criminal lawsuit may be filed for the crime stipulated in the preceding paragraph except on the basis of a complaint from the husband or guardian.
In all cases, the husband or tutor has the right to waive the complaint, and the waiver shall result in the expiry of criminal action or the stay of execution of the penalty, as the case may be.

Article (410)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (2) two years shall be imposed on whoever have sexual intercourse with a female who has completed (18) eighteen years of age and has given birth to an illegitimate child.
The female shall be punished by the same penalty.
In all cases, no criminal lawsuit may be filed against them if the man marries that woman or if either or both acknowledge the child's paternity, and identification papers and travel documents have been issued for that child in accordance with the laws of the country to which either of them belongs by nationality, subject to the legislation in force in the State.
Such marriage or acknowledgment and the issuance of identification papers and travel documents for the child shall result in the expiry of criminal lawsuit or the stay of execution of the penalty, as the case may be.

Part Two
Flagrant and Indecent Acts
Article (411)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine not less than (1,000) one thousand AED and not exceeding (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever publicly commits an indecent act.
In case of recidivism, he shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than (3) three months and/or a fine not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED and not exceeding (200,000) two hundred thousand AED.
The same penalty shall apply to any person who says or commits anything that is against public morals.
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year shall be imposed on whoever commits an indecent act with a woman or a boy under (18) eighteen years of age even if not in public.
Article (412)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and/or by a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on any man who:
1. Approaches a female in a public road or frequently visited place in an indecent manner with words or acts.

2. Disguises himself as a woman to enter a women-only space or a place only accessed by women at the time.
   If the perpetrator commits a crime in this case, this shall be considered as an aggravating circumstance.

Article (413)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and/or a fine of not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who commits the crime of sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment is any persistent behavior which disturbs the victim through the repetition of acts, words or gestures that would offend that person's modesty with the intention of causing that person to submit to the sexual desires of the perpetrator or of a third party.
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (2) two years and/or a fine not less than (50,000) fifty thousand AED if the perpetrators are multiple, or if the perpetrator carries a weapon, or if the victim is not more than (18) eighteen years of age, or if the perpetrator is one of the victim's ascendants or non-marriageable relatives, or one of those who raise or care for him or those who have authority over him, or if the perpetrator is the servant of the victim or any of the aforementioned persons.

Part Three
Instigation of Debauchery and Prostitution
Article (414)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months and/or a fine not exceeding (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever is found on a public road or frequently visited place instigating the passers-by, by words or gestures, to debauchery.
Article (415)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month and/or a fine not exceeding (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever publicly makes an appeal, utters a song, shouts out or makes a statement that is immoral, and whoever publicly prompts others by any means whatsoever to debauchery.

Article (416)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month and/or a fine not exceeding (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever manufactures, imports, exports, acquires, possesses or transports, with the intention of exploitation, distribution or offering to others, writings, drawings, pictures, movies, symbols or other indecent materials. The same penalty shall be imposed on whoever advertises any of the aforementioned materials.
Article (417)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine shall be imposed on anyone who incites, persuades or entices or helps, through any means whatever, any male or female to commit debauchery or prostitution.
If the victim is under (18) eighteen years of age, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (2) two years and a fine.

Article (418)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (10) ten years shall be imposed on anyone who, by ways of coercion, trick or threat, incites any male or female to commit debauchery or prostitution.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (10) ten years if the victim is under (18) eighteen years of age.
Furthermore, the aforementioned penalties shall be imposed, as the case may be, on anyone who, by ways of coercion, trick or threat, retains any person against his will, in a place with the intention to compel him to commit one or several acts of debauchery or prostitution.

Article (419)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment and a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever establishes or runs a house for debauchery or prostitution, or who facilitates such practices, or assists by any means in establishing or running such a house.
In all cases, a judgment shall be issued ordering the closure of the place and it shall not be allowed to reopen unless it is designated to deal in lawful business, and after approval of the Public Prosecution.
Article (420)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on anyone who, through any means, takes advantage of the prostitution or debauchery of another person.
Article (421)
If the perpetrator, with respect to the crimes stipulated in Articles (417), (418) and 420), the perpetrator is an ascendant or a non-marriageable relative of the victim, any of those who raise or observe him or those who have authority over him, or who works for him or for any of the aforementioned persons, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.

Article (422)
Any habitual prostitute or debauchee shall be punished by temporary imprisonment.
Chapter Six
Defamatory Crimes
Libel, Slander and Violation of Secrets
Article (425)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years or a fine not exceeding (20,000) twenty thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, through any means of publicity, attributes to another person an incident that would make him subject to punishment or expose him to public hatred or contempt.
The penalty shall be imprisonment and/or a fine if the act of libel is committed against a public servant or any person entrusted with a public service, during, due to or on the occasion of performing the public service, or if the act of libel violates honor or disgraces the reputation of families, or if it appears to achieve any unlawful purpose.
If libel is expressed by publication in a newspaper or printed material, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.

Article (426)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding (20,000) twenty thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who insults another, through any means of publicity, in a manner that offends their honor or dignity without attributing a particular incident thereto.
The penalty shall be Imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years and/or a fine not less than (20,000) twenty thousand AED and not exceeding (50,000) fifty thousand AED if the slander is directed to a public servant or a person entrusted with a public service during, due to or on the occasion of performing the public service, or it prejudices honor or reputation of the families or if it is noted to achieve an illegal purpose.
If the slander occurs by way of publication in a newspaper or printed material, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.

Article (427)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (6) six months or a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed if the libel or insult is committed on the telephone or directly against the victim in the presence of others.
The penalty shall a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED if the libel or slander is committed against the victim in the presence of no one else or in a letter sent thereto by any means whatsoever.
It shall be considered as an aggravating circumstance if libel or slander is committed in the cases stipulated in the preceding two paragraphs against a public servant or a person entrusted with a public service, during, due to or in the occasion of performing such public service, or if libel is against honor or the reputation of families or appears to achieve any unlawful purpose.

Article (428)
The crime is precluded if the perpetrator proves the truth of the attributed incident, whenever such attribution is against a public servant or a person entrusted with a public service and whenever said incident is connected with the job or service.
In such a case, slander may also be proved if it is committed by the perpetrator personally and is connected with the incident of libel.
However, proof may not be provided if more than (5) five years have elapsed since the occurrence of the incident, if the crime has expired for any cause of expiration or if the judgment issued on it has been forfeited.
Article (431)
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine shall be imposed on anyone who violates the private or family life of individuals by committing any of the following acts in other than the cases as permitted by law or without the consent of the victim:
1. Eavesdropping, recording or transmitting by any device of any kind whatsoever conversations made in a private place or by way of telephone or any other device.

2. Taking or transmitting by any device of any kind whatsoever a photo of a person in a private place.
   If such acts, referred to in the two preceding cases, occur during a gathering within the hearing or sight of attendees, their consent shall be presumed.
   The same penalty shall apply if a person publishes, by any means of publicity, news, photos or comments related to the private or family life secrets of individuals, even if they are true.
   A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (7) seven years and a fine shall be imposed on any public servant who commits one of the acts stated in this Article exploiting the authority of his position.
   In all cases, it shall be ruled to confiscate the devices and other items that may have been used in the crime. It shall also be ruled to erase or destroy the recordings obtained.

Article (432)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and/or a fine not less than (20,000) twenty thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, by virtue of his profession, craft, situation or art is entrusted with a secret and then discloses it in cases other than those permitted by law, or who uses it for his own advantage or another person's advantage, unless the person concerned with the secret has permitted that it be disclosed or used.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years if the perpetrator is a public servant or a person entrusted with a public service and if the secret has been entrusted thereto during, due to or on the occasion of performing his job or service.
Article (433)
A penalty of a fine not less than (3,000) three thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who opens a letter or telegram, without the consent of the addressee, or who eavesdrops a telephone conversation.
Rehabilitation is not required under Article (15) of above-mentioned Federal Law No. (5) of 2022.

The perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than (3) three months or with a fine not less than (5,000) five thousand AED if he discloses the letter, telegram or telephone conversation to any person other than the addressee without his permission, whenever such disclosure would cause harm to third parties.
Article (434)
A penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever unrightfully copies, distributes to or provides another person with the content of a phone call, or a letter or information or data or any other such things to which he has access by virtue of his profession.

Article (436)
A penalty of life imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who commits theft in which the following circumstances are fulfilled:
1. If the act is committed at night.
2. If the act is committed by two or more persons.
3. If one of the perpetrators is carrying weapons.
4. If the act is committed in an inhabited place, in a place designated for habitation or in any building annexed thereto, if entering such place has to be realized through scaling, breaking in, use of duplicate keys, impersonating of a public official or false identity, pretension to perform or to be entrusted with a public service, or by using any other unlawful means.
5. If the act is committed with the use of coercion or threat to use weapons.

Article (437)
A penalty of life or temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who commits theft in a public road or in any of the land, sea or air means of transportation, in any of the following cases:
1. If the act is committed by two or more persons, among whom one is carrying weapons.
2. If the act is committed forcibly by two or more persons.
3. If the act is committed at night by one person carrying weapons.
4. If the act is committed by one person carrying weapons by way of coercion or threat to use weapons.
Article (438)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who commits a theft by way of coercion or threat to use weapons, whether his intent is to acquire the stolen property, to retain it or to carry it away.

Article (439)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who commits a theft if the crime is committed at night by two or more persons among whom one is carrying weapon.
The same penalty shall be imposed for the theft committed at night in an inhabited place by one single person carrying weapon.
Article (440)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who commits a crime of theft against the weapons or ammunition of the Armed Forces or the police.
The penalty shall be life imprisonment if any of the circumstances stipulated forth in Article (437) of this Law is fulfilled.
The penalty shall be detention for a period not less than one year, but not exceeding (5) five years if the theft is committed against supplies or tools used or prepared for use in telecommunications or other services constructed by the Government or licensed to be constructed for public benefit.

Article (441)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (2) two years and not exceeding (7) seven years shall be imposed if the theft is committed larceny in either of the two following cases:
1. At night.
2. If the perpetrator carries weapons.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years and not exceeding (7) seven years if the theft is committed by any of the workers at his working place or with the intent to harm his employer.

Article (442)
The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year if the theft is committed:
1. In any house of worship.
2. In any inhabited place or in any place designated for habitation or any building annexed thereto.
3. In any means of transportation, or in a station, harbor or airport.
4. Through scaling, breaking in, or by using forged keys or master keys without the authorization of the owner.
5. By a person who assumes a public or false entity or who pretends to perform or to be entrusted with a public service.
6. By two or more persons.
7. During war against injured persons.
8. Against property belonging to any of the authorities stipulated in Article (5).
9. Against cattle, riding animals or beasts of burden.
Article (443)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (6) six months or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who commits a crime of theft in which none of the circumstances stipulated in the preceding Articles of this Chapter is fulfilled.

Article (444)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who embezzles, in any manner whatever, the telephone service, any telecommunication service or any other governmental service, or who unlawfully exploits, uses, transfers or offloads any of such services or any current or the like from amongst the things which are used for the connection or transmission of such services.
Article (445)
An attempt to commit a theft misdemeanor shall be punishable by half the penalty prescribed for the consummated crime.
Article (447)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and/or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who uses a car, a motorcycle or any similar vehicle, without the authorization or consent of its owner or the person who is entitled to make use thereof.
Article (449)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment shall be imposed on anyone who, by force or through threat, obtains a written instrument, a signature thereon, an amendment thereto, cancellation or destruction thereof.

Article (450)
A penalty of imprisonment and a fine shall be imposed on anyone who, through threat, compels another person to hand him over money or things other than those mentioned in the preceding Article.
If the threat is to disclose or attributing disgracing or dishonoring matters to the victim, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.
Attempt shall be punishable by half the penalty prescribed for the consummated crime.

Chapter Two
Fraud
Article (451)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who, by using fraudulent practice, assuming a false name or capacity, takes possession for himself or for others of any movable property or written instrument, or obtains any signature on such instrument, the cancellation or destruction thereof or an amendment thereto, whenever it is intended to deceive the victim and bring him to hand over such things.
The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who disposes of a building or a movable property while being fully aware that it is not his own or that he has no right to dispose thereof; or who disposes of such things while being fully aware that he has previously disposed thereof or concluded any agreement thereon, whenever such an act causes harm to others.
If the subject of crime is a property or a written instrument pertaining to the State or to any of the authorities stated in Article (5), this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.

Attempt shall be punishable by imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years or a fine not exceeding (20,000) twenty thousand AED.
When imposing imprisonment for a period of one year or more against a recidivist, probation for a period not exceeding (2) two years and not exceeding the period of the imposed penalty may be ruled.
Article (452)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who takes advantage of the need of a minor or judicially placed under continued guardianship or tutorship thereover, or who, exploiting his inclination or lack of experience, obtains from him a property or a written instrument, any signature thereon, any amendment thereto, any cancellation or destruction thereof, in order to harm his interest or the interest of others.
Any insane, imbecile or interdicted person shall be treated as a minor.
If the crime is committed by the tutor, guardian, curator of the victim or by any person having authority over him or in charge of taking care of his interests, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.

Chapter Three
Breach of Trust and Relevant Matters
Article (453)
A penalty of imprisonment or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who embezzles, uses or dissipates funds, written instruments or any other movables, in such a manner as to cause harm to persons entitled thereto, whenever such funds, instruments or movables have been handed to him by way of trust, lease, mortgage, loan for use or proxy.
In the application of this provision, any partner in a joint property, any intermeddler with respect to the property of the concerned party and any person to whom an object is handed to be used for a specific matter for the benefit of its owner or of another, shall be treated as a proxy.
Article (454)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years or a fine not exceeding (20,000) twenty thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who knowingly takes possession, with intent of appropriation, of any lost property belonging to another or of a property which he has acquired wrongfully or due to force majeure.

Article (455)
The penalty prescribed in the preceding Article shall be imposed on anyone who embezzles or attempts to embezzle a moveable property which he has previously mortgaged to secure the settlement of a debt due from him or from another.
The same penalty shall be imposed on any owner who is appointed custodian of his own movable property that is subject to judicial or administrative attachment, and who embezzles anything therefrom.

Chapter Four
Hiding Crime Proceeds
Article (456)
Whoever knowingly possesses or hides any proceeds from a crime without taking part in committing it shall be punished by the penalty prescribed for the crime from which he knows they have resulted.
If the perpetrator does not know that such things are proceeds of a crime, but has obtained them in circumstances which lead him to believe that their sources are illegal, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding (6) six months and/or a fine not exceeding (20,000) twenty thousand AED.
The lawsuit shall expire upon the expiry of the principal crime from which such proceeds have resulted by conciliation.
The court shall rule the returning such things if they are public property.

Chapter Five
Usury
Article (458)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and a fine not less than (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on any natural person who lent with another natural person by usury interest in any kind of civil or commercial transaction, whether such interest is express or latent.
Latent interest shall include any commission or benefit stipulated by a creditor, if it is proven that such a commission or benefit has no corresponding real legal benefit or service provided by the creditor as a consideration.
A principal debt and latent interest may be proved by all means available.
If the perpetrator takes advantage of the debtor's need, weakness or inclination to commit the crime stipulated in this Article, this shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.
Article (459)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years and a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on any natural person who acquires a habit of usury.

Article (461)
Whoever gambles shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding (2) two years or a fine not exceeding (50,000) fifty thousand AED.
The penalty shall be imprisonment or a fine if the crime is committed in a public place or a place opened to the public or business premises or a house designated for gambling.
Article (462)
A penalty of temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (10) ten years and a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who opens or runs a place for gambling and prepares such a place for admission of people, and anyone who organizes any game of gambling in a public place or a place opened for the public or in any place or house prepared for such purpose.

Chapter Seven
Damage to Property and Crimes Against Animals
Article (464)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and/or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, in any manner whatsoever, demolishes or damages any movable or immovable property belonging to another person, or puts it out of use or out of service in any manner.
The penalty shall be imprisonment if the crime results in disrupting any public utility or any facility with public benefit or in endangering people's life, safety or health.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years if the crime is committed by a gang of at least three persons.

Article (465)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on:
1. Any person who cuts down, plucks out or destroys a tree, or grafts therein, or peels it in such a manner as to cause its death.
2. Any person who destroys existing crops, any plants or seeded fields or who disseminates any noxious substance or plant therein.
3. Any person who damages or puts out of use in any manner any agricultural machines or tools.
That is if the damaged things mentioned in the preceding Paragraphs belong to another person.
The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for a period not exceeding (5) five years if the crime is committed by three or more persons or by two persons one of whom is carrying a weapon.

Article (466)
A penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine shall be imposed on:
1. Anyone who deliberately and without justification kills or seriously injures a riding or pulling animal, a beast of burden or cattle.
2. Anyone who kills or poisons any fish existing in a water source place or basin.
3. Anyone who leaves a stray animal in conditions that pose a danger to people.
Article (468)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding (50,000) fifty thousand AED shall be imposed on whoever damages, relocates or removes a perimeter or mark intended for measuring areas, or for land settlement or demarcation of boundaries that divide properties.
The penalty shall be imprisonment if the crime is committed with the intention of usurping any of the lands referred to.
Article (471)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, deliberately and without justification, kills or poisons any domesticated or tamed animal other than those stated in Article (466).

Article (472)
A fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who harasses, tortures or maltreats a domesticated or tamed animal, as well as anyone who abstains from caring for such animal when he is entrusted therewith or is duly bound to take care of it.
Article (473)
A fine not exceeding (3,000) three thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who, by his fault, causes wounds or injuries to any animal or cattle belonging to another person, and if such fault causes the death of such animal, the penalty shall be a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED.
Rehabilitation is not required under Article (15) of above-mentioned Federal Law No. (5) of 2022.

Chapter Eight
Trespass on the Property of Others
Article (474)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period less than one year or a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who enters an inhabited place, a place designated for habitation or any building annexed thereto, or a place designated to safeguard money or property, against the will of the concerned person, and in cases other than those stipulated in the law, as well as anyone who remains in such place against the will of the person entitled to drive him out, or if he conceals himself out of sight of the person who has such a right.
The court shall p order the eviction of the convict from the crime scene.

Chapter Nine
Beggary
Article (475)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (3) three months and a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who commits the crime of beggary with the aim of obtaining a material or in-kind benefit in any form or means.
It shall be considered an aggravating circumstance if the beggary is committed in the following cases:
1. If the beggar is healthy or has an apparent source of livelihood.
2. If the beggar has faked injury or permanent disability, has pretended to perform a service for others, or has used any other means of deception and fraudulent persuasion with the intention of influencing others to gain their sympathy.

Article (476)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than (6) six months and a fine not less than (100,000) one hundred thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who manages the crime of organized beggary that is committed by an organized group of two or more people.
The same penalty shall be imposed on whoever recruits persons to the State to use them in the crime of organized beggary.
Article (477)
A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding (3) three months and/or a fine not less than (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who participates in the crime of organized beggary.
It shall be considered an aggravating circumstance if the perpetrator of the crime of organized beggary is a custodian, guardian or trustee of the beggar or has direct authority over him.

Table No. (2) — Regarding the Misdemeanors and Felonies of Concern or Involving Moral

Turpitude or Breach of Trust and Related to Judicial Rehabilitation

Chapter One
Crimes Against Information Technology
Article (2)
Hacking
1. Whoever hacks a website, electronic information (IS) an information network, or an information technology tool (ITE) shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 300,000) three hundred thousand dirhams.
2. If the hacking results in damages, destruction, or interruption of work; or disruption of a website, an electronic IS, an information network or a piece of ITE, or cancellation, deletion, destruction, disclosure, damage, alteration, copying, dissemination, re-dissemination, or acquiring any data or information, or loss of confidentiality of data and information, the penalty shall be imprisonment for at least (6) six months and/or a fine of not less than (AED 150,000) one hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
3. If the hacking is committed for acquiring data or information for illegal purposes, the penalty shall be imprisonment for at least one year and/or a fine not less than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.

Article (3)
Hacking the Government Entities' Information Systems
1. Whoever hacks a website, electronic IS, information network or a piece of ITE belonging to the government entities shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
2. If the hacking results in damages, destruction, or interruption of work, or disruption of a website, electronic IS, an information network or a piece of ITE, or cancellation, deletion, destruction, disclosure, damage, alteration, copying, dissemination, or re-dissemination of any data or information or loss of their confidentiality, or if crime is committed as a result of a cyberattack, the penalty shall be imprisonment for at least (5) five years and a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,500,000) one million and five hundred thousand dirhams.
3. If the hacking is committed for acquiring data or information of the entities mentioned in Para. (1) of this Article, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for at least (7) seven years and a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,500,000) one million and five hundred thousand dirhams.

Article (4)
Causing Harm to Information Systems
1. Whoever willfully causes harm, destruction, interruption or disruption of a website, electronic IS, information network or a piece of ITE, shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 3,000,000) three million dirhams.
2. If the harm is caused to a banking, media, health or scientific entity, if the harm is intended for achieving an illegal purpose, or if the crime is committed as a result of a cyberattack, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 3,000,000) three million dirhams.

Article (5)
Harm to Information Systems of Government Entity and Critical Facility
Whoever willfully causes harm, destruction, interruption or disruption of a website, electronic IS, information network or a piece of ITE belonging to one of the government entities or critical facilities shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 3,000,000) three million dirhams.
If the crime is committed as a result of a cyberattack, it shall be deemed an aggravating circumstance.

Article (6)
Infringement of Personal Data and Information
1. Whoever acquires, possesses, modifies, destroys, reveals, leaks, cancels, deletes, copies, disseminates, or re-disseminates any personal electronic data or information using the information technology or any ITE without permission shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (6) six months and/or a fine of not less than (AED 20,000) twenty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams.
2. If the data or information aforementioned in Clause (1) of this Article are related to examinations, diagnosis, medication, healthcare, medical records, bank accounts, or e-payment information and data, this shall be deemed an aggravating circumstance.
3. Whoever receives, keeps, or stores the data and information referred to in Clauses (1) and (2) of this Article, or accepts to handle or use them despite knowledge of the illegality of acquiring them shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine.

Article (7)
Infringement of Government Data and Information
1. Whoever acquires, possesses, modifies, destroys, reveals, leaks, cancels, deletes, copies, disseminates, or re-disseminates any government confidential data or information without permission shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for at least (7) seven years and a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 3,000,000) three million dirhams.
2. If the acts stipulated in Clause (1) of this Article cause harms to the State, or results in loss of confidentiality of the operation of electronic systems and software pertaining to military and security facilities and concerning communication and transmission of confidential information, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for at least (10) ten years and a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 5,000,000) five million dirhams.

Article (8)
Infringement of Data of Financial, Commercial or Economic Establishments
Whoever acquires, possesses, modifies, destroys, reveals, leaks, cancels, deletes, alters, copies, disseminates, or re-disseminates any confidential data or information pertaining to any financial, commercial or economic establishment without permission using the information technology or any ITE shall be punished by temporary imprisonment for at least (5) five years and a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 3,000,000) three million dirhams.

Article (9)
Unauthorized Acquisition of Third Party's Codes and Ciphers
1. Whoever acquires the PIN code, cipher, or password or the like pertaining to a website, information system, information network or ITE without permission or authorization of the person concerned shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 50,000) fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams.
2. If the person who acquires the PIN code, cipher, or password and the like without permission or authorization of the person concerned accesses or enables third parties to access the website, information system, information network or the ITE with the intent to commit a crime, he shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (6) six months and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 300,000) three hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.

Article (10)
Circumventing the Information Network with the Intention of Committing a Crime
Whoever circumvents an IP Address through the use of an IP address of others or any other means with the intention of committing or to preventing detection of a crime shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 2,000,000) two million dirhams.
Article (11)
Creating Fake Emails, Websites, and Electronic Accounts
1. Whoever creates a fake website, an account or an email and attributes it falsely to any natural or legal person shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 50,000) fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams.
2. If the offender uses or enables third parties to use the fake account, email or website in a matter offensive to the person affected shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (2) two years.

3. If the fake website, account or email is attributed to one of the government entities, the penalty shall be imprisonment for not more than (5) five years and a fine of not less than (AED 200,000) or more than (AED 2,000,000) two million dirhams.
   Article (12)
   Illegal Interception and Disclosure of Information
   1. Whoever obstructs or intercepts the access to an information network, website, or electronic IS or any electronic connection, information or data shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 150,000) one hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
   2. If the offender discloses or leaks the information, data or purport of the communication obtained through the interception shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year and fine of not more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
   3. If the interception pertains to the communication, information or data of one of the government entities, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment.

Article (13)
Collecting and Processing Personal Data and Information in Violation of the Legislation
Whoever uses the information technology or ITE to collect, save, or process personal data and information of nationals and residents of the UAE in violation of the legislation in force in the UAE shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 50,000) fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
Article (14)
Forging E-documents
1. Whoever forges an e-document belonging to any of the federal or local government or the public federal or local authorities or entities shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than (AED 150,000) one hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 750,000) seven hundred fifty thousand dirhams.

2. If the forging involves documents belonging to entities other than those mentioned in Clause (1) of this Article, the penalty shall be imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 300,000) three hundred thousand dirhams.
   3. The penalty prescribed for forgery crime shall be imposed on whoever knowingly uses the forged e-document.

Article (15)
Hacking E-Payment Instruments
Whoever forges, clones or copies any credit card, debit card, or any e-payment instrument, or captures its data or information using any of the ITE ISs shall be punished by imprisonment and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams, or more than (AED 2,000,000) two million dirhams.
The same penalties shall be imposed on whoever:
1. Makes or designs any ITE or software with the intention of facilitating any of the acts stipulated in Para. (I) of this Article;
2. Uses without authorization any credit, electronic, or debit card or any other e-payment instrument, or any of its data or information with the intention of obtaining for himself of for third parties any funds or properties of others, or to utilize the services made available to third parties by these cards or instruments; and/or
3. Accepts using these forged, fake, or copied cards or e-payment instruments or data seized or obtained illegally despite being aware of their illegality.

Article (16)
Using Electronic Systems to Commit Crimes and to Conceal Evidence
Whoever possesses, obtains, prepares, designs, produces, imports, makes available or uses any information program, ITE, passcodes or codes, or uses encryption with the intention of committing any of the crimes stipulated in this Decree-Law or concealing its evidence or traces, or preventing detection of the crime shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (2) two years and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams and not more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
Article (17)
Crimes Committed by Administrator of Website or Electronic Account
Whoever manages, creates or uses a website or account on an information network with the intent to commit or to facilitate the commission of a crime punishable by law shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 300,000) three hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.

Article (18)
Tampering with Digital Evidence
Everyone responsible for managing a website or an account on an information network, an e-mail, or an IS and conceals or tampers with digital evidence pertaining to any of the crimes stipulated in this Decree-Law with the intent of impeding the work of the searching, investigations, and interrogations teams or other competent authorities shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (6) six months and/or a fine of not less than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams.
Article (19)
Dissemination of Data or Information Not Compliant with Media Content Standards
Everyone responsible for managing a website or an electronic account that has posted on any of it any content, data or information that does not comply with the media content standards issued by the authorities concerned shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year and/or a fine of not less than (AED 30,000) thirty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 300,000) three hundred thousand dirhams.

Chapter Two
Crimes Relating to Content and Spread of Rumors and False News
Section One
Content Crimes
Article (20)
Inciting the Suspension of the Provisions of the Constitution and Laws
Whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website or publishes information, programs or thoughts that include, aim to or instigate overthrowing the government system, change, or seizure of power in the UAE, or to suspend the provisions of the Constitution or Laws in force in the UAE, or to protest against the basic principles of the UAE's government system using the information network or any ITE, shall be punished by life imprisonment.
The same penalty shall be imposed on everyone who promotes, incites to, or facilitates any of the aforementioned acts for third parties.

Article (21)
Advocacy and Promotion of Terrorist Groups
1. Whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website or publishes information or data pertaining to terrorist group(s), society, or organization or an illicit body via the information network or the ITE with the intention of facilitating communication with their leaders or members, attracting members, promoting or advocating their thoughts, financing their activities, providing actual assistance to them, or disseminating the methods of manufacturing incendiary devices, weapons, ammunition, explosives or dangerous materials or any other tools used in terrorist acts shall be punished by imprisonment for life and a fine not less than (AED 2,000,000) two million dirhams and not more than (AED 4,000,000) four million dirhams.

2. Whoever downloads, re-broadcasts, or reposts the contents of any of the websites aforementioned in Para (1) of this Article using any means whatsoever, or re-accesses these sites to view this content, or disseminates any content that incites hatred shall be punished by imprisonment of not more than (5) five years and a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
   3. In cases other than recidivism, the court may, instead of imposing the penalties set out in the Paragraph (2) above, decide that the accused person be assigned to a counseling house or be placed under electronic monitoring and be prohibited from using any of the ITE for the period of time to be determined by the court, provided that it is not longer than the maximum penalty prescribed.

Article (22)
Dissemination of Information to Harm the Interests of the UAE
Whoever uses information network or ITE and provides to any organization, institution, body, person or entity any information, data, reports or documents that are not authorized to be published or circulated and would harm the interests of the UAE or its government agencies, or would harm its reputation, prestige or dignity, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment.
Article (23)
Incitement to Harm the Security of the UAE and to Assault Judicial Officers
Whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website or uses information on the information network or on the ITE with the intention of inciting actions, disseminating or broadcasting information, news, cartoons or any other images which would endanger the security of the UAE and its higher interests, or would harm the public order, or incite assaulting the judicial officers or law enforcement officers shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and a fine of not more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.

Article (24)
Promoting Sedition and Harming the National Unity
Whoever uses of information network or any ITE to create, manage, or supervises a website or to disseminate information, programs or thoughts that include incitement, promotion or advocation of sedition, hatred, racism, or sectarianism in a manner which would harm the national unity, social peace, public order, public morals or would endanger the UAE's interests shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.

Article (25)
Mockery and Tainting the Reputation of the UAE and its Public Figures
Whoever publishes information, news, data, visual images, visual or optical materials or rumors on a website, any information network or ITE with the intention of mocking or damaging the reputation, prestige, or dignity of the UAE, any of its authorities, institutions, any of its founding leaders, the UAE's flag, currency, peace, coat of arms, or national anthem, or any of its national public figures shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than (5) five years and a fine not exceeding (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
Article (26)
Unauthorized Call for and Promotion of Demonstrations
Whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website or uses information on the information network or the ITE in order to plan for, organize, promote, or call for demonstrations, marches, or similar acts without obtaining permit from the competent authority shall be punished by imprisonment and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams or not more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.

Article (27)
Incitement to Disobedience of the Legislation
Whoever calls for or incites to disobedience of the legislation in force in the UAE through dissemination of information via the information network or any ITE shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
Article (28)
Offending a Foreign Country
Whoever disseminates information or data on the information network or any ITE which include offending of foreign countries shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (6) six months and/or a fine of not less than (AED 100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
In respect of the crimes set out in this Article, the legal proceedings shall be instituted only by the Attorney General of the UAE.

Article (29)
Trafficking in and Promotion of Firearms, Ammunition or Explosives
Whoever creates, manages or supervises a website or publishes information on an information network or ITE with the intention of trafficking in or promoting firearms, ammunition or explosives in cases other than those authorized by law shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.

Article (30)
Transfer, Possession, Use or Acquisition of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs)
Without prejudice to the provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Law, whoever willfully commits any of the following acts through the use of any information network, IS, or any ITE shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than (10) ten years and a fine of not less than (AED 100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 5,000,000) five million dirhams:
1. Transferring, transporting or depositing IFFs with the intention of concealing or disguising their illegal source;
2. Concealing or disguising the truth, source, movement, rights associated with or ownership of the IFFs; or
3. Acquiring, possessing or using IFFs despite knowledge of the illegality of their source.
The same penalties shall be imposed to whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website or disseminates information or data on the information network or ITE to facilitate or incite the commission of any of the acts abovementioned in the preceding Paragraph.

Article (31)
Trafficking in and Promotion of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website or disseminates information or data on the information network or ITE for the purpose of trafficking in or promoting narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and substances of similar legal classification, or how they are used, or to facilitate trading in them in cases other than those authorized by law shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
Article (32)
Creation and Management of a Website for Human Trafficking
Whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website or disseminates information or data on the information network or using a piece of ITE with the intention of trafficking in human beings or organs or illegal trading in them shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.

Article (33)
Incitement to Debauchery and Prostitution
Whoever incites or tempts third parties to commit prostitution or debauchery, or assists him/her to do so through the use an information network or any ITE shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
In the event that the victim is a child, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for at least (5) five years and a fine of not more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.

Article (34)
Disseminating Obscene Materials and Violating the Public Morals
Whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website, or broadcasts, transmits, disseminates, re-disseminates or displays through the information network any obscene materials and everything which would violate the public morals shall be punished by imprisonment and/ or and a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
The same penalty shall be imposed on everyone who produces, prepares, designs, transmits, or stores any obscene materials and everything which would violate the public morals through the use of the information network with the intention of making use of, distributing or displaying the same to third parties.
If the subject of the obscene content is a child, or if the content is designed to seduce children, the offender shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year and/ or a fine of not more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.

Article (35)
Engaging Children in Creating Pornographic Materials
1. Whoever incites, seduces, or assists a child to broadcast, create or transmit obscene material using the information network or the ITE shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (2) two years and/or a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
2. In the event that the subject of this obscene materials prepared or transmitted is this child, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment and a fine not exceeding (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
3. The victim child shall not be held criminally liable for the acts he commits as a result of the incitement and seduction.

Article (36)
Possession of Child Pornographic Materials
Whoever willfully possesses any child pornographic materials using the electronic IS, information network, website, or any ITE shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (6) six months and a fine of not less than (AED 150,000) one hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
Article (37)
Blasphemy and Condoning the Sin
Whoever uses information network, any ITE, or a website to commit any of the following crimes shall be punished by imprisonment and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams:
1. Offending any of the Islamic sanctities or rituals;
2. Offending any of the sanctities or rituals established in other religions whenever these sanctities and rituals are inviolable in accordance with the provisions of Islamic Sharia;
3. Insulting one of the recognized monotheistic religions; and
4. Condoning, inciting to or promoting sins.

If the crime involves an insult to the Divine Essence or to the Messengers and Prophets, or if it is in opposition to the Islamic religion, breaches the foundations and principles upon which Islam is based, violating or breaches the rituals and rulings of the Islamic religion which are known as necessity, humiliates Islamic religion, preaches to another religion, advocates, recommends or promotes a doctrine or thought that involves any of the foregoing, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for not more than (7) seven years.
Article (38)
Promotion of Gambling Activities
Whoever creates, manages or supervises a website, or uses information network to broadcast, transmit, disseminate, re-disseminate, or promote practicing of gambling activities in the cases other than the authorized shall be punished by imprisonment and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.

Article (39)
Illicit Trafficking in Antiquities and Works of Art
Whoever creates, manages or supervises a website or uses an information network or any ITE with the intention of trafficking in antiquities and works of art in cases other than those authorized by law shall be punished by imprisonment and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
Article (40)
Electronic Fraud
Whoever illegally seizes for himself or for third parties a movable asset, a benefit or a document or signs this document, using any fraudulent methods, or through taking an alias or false impersonation through the information network, IS or any ITE shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.

Article (41)
Unauthorized Fundraising
Whoever calls for or promotes a contest or electronic currency, or creates or manages a fictitious portfolio or company with the intention of receiving or raising funds from the public for the purpose of investing, managing, employing or increasing these funds without a license from the concerned authorities shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than (5) five years and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
The court shall order the refund of the illegally seized funds.

Article (42)
Cyberextortion and Cyber Threats
1. Whoever uses an information network or any ITE to extort or threaten another person to force the latter to act or to refrain from acting shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than (2) two years and/or a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
2. In the event that the person is threatened to commit a crime or to commit dishonorable acts, and this is accompanied by an explicit or implicit request to act or refrain from acting, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment for not more than (10) ten years.

Article (43)
Defamation and Slander
Whoever uses an information network, ITE, or an information system and insults another or attributes an incident to him that would make that person subject to punishment or contempt by third parties shall be punished by imprisonment and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
In the event that any of the offences abovementioned in Para. (1) of this Article is committed against a public official or a person entrusted with a public service during or because of performance of his work, that shall be deemed an aggravating circumstance of the crime.

Article (44)
Revealing Secrets and Invasion of Privacy
Whoever uses an information network, an IS, or any ITE with the intention of invading the privacy or sanctity of private or familial life of someone without his consent in cases other than those authorized by law through committing any of the following actions shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (6) six months and/or a fine of not less than (AED 150,000) one hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams:
1. Eavesdropping, intercepting, recording, transmitting, broadcasting, or revealing conversations, communications or audio or visual materials;
2. Taking photos of third parties in any public or private place, or preparing, transferring, disclosing, copying or keeping electronic photos;
3. Publishing news, electronic photos, images, scenes, comments, data or information, even if it is true and genuine, with intention of harming the person;
4. Taking, transmitting, or publishing photos of the injured, the dead, or the victims of accidents or disasters without permission or consent of the parties concerned; and/or
5. Tracking, monitoring, revealing, transmitting, disclosing, copying or keeping the geographic location data of third parties.
Moreover, whoever uses an IS or ITE to modify or process any record, photo or scene with the intention of defaming or insulting another person shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year and/or a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.

Article (45)
Disclosure of Confidential Information at Work
Whoever discloses any confidential information obtained at or because of his work or by virtue of his job or profession using one of the ITE without being authorized to disclose it, or without permission from the person concerned to disclose or use the secret shall be punished by imprisonment for at least (6) six months and/or a fine of not less than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
If the offender uses said information to gain benefits for himself or for third parties, this shall be deemed an aggravating circumstance.

Article (46)
Calling for and Promoting the Collection of Donations Without a License
Whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website or disseminates information on the information network or any ITE to call for or promote collection of donations without a license approved by the competent authority or in violation of the conditions of this licenses shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than (AED 200,000) two hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
Article (47)
Conducting Statistical Surveys or Questionnaires Without a License
Whoever uses an information program, information network, or ITE to conduct statistical surveys or questionnaires without permit from the competent authority shall be punished by imprisonment and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams.
In the event that offender intends to affect or harm the interests of the UAE, the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment.

Article (48)
Advertisements and Promotions Misleading the Consumers
Whoever uses an information network, any ITE, or a website to commit any of the following acts shall be punished by imprisonment and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 20,000) twenty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams:
1. Promote a good or service through a misleading advertisement or technique which include inaccurate data; and/or
2. Advertise, promote, mediate, or deal in any form or encourage dealing with a virtual or digital currency, a stored unit of value, or any payment unit that is not officially recognized in the UAE or without obtaining a license from the competent authority.
Article (49)
Promoting Medical Products without License
Whoever creates, manages, or supervises a website or publishes information on an information network or any ITE to promote or sell unlicensed medical products, or copies of licensed medical products shall be punished by imprisonment and/or a fine.

Article (50)
Unlawful Use of Communication Services or Broadcast Channels
Whoever uses or helps third parties use communication services of audio or video broadcast channels unlawfully through the use of information network or any ITE shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year and/ or a fine of not less than (AED 250,000) two hundred fifty thousand dirhams or more than (AED 1,000,000) one million dirhams.
Article (51)
Cyberbegging
Whoever commits the crime of begging using any ITE through mendicity or any other form or means shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than (3) three months and/or a fine of not less than (10,000) ten thousand dirhams.
The same penalty shall be imposed on whoever uses any ITE to request assistance from federal or local government entities or one of their officials in an offensive manner or contrary to the truth.