The new changes are part of the preventive approach undertaken by the government, which would now allow police officers to check and question people found carrying such banned objects. Such practices will in all certainty heighten the security in the country and pave way for reduced crimes.
The rules and procedures concerning investigation, trial procedure, evidence, judgment, appeal procedures and enforcement measures are stated in the criminal procedure code.
In various judgments, while awarding moral damages, the UAE courts have considered the level of pain, grief and distress suffered by a victim when determining or quantifying the compensation to be awarded.
A civil suit can be temporary withheld until the final judgment is obtained in the criminal case that is filed in the same subject matter. An expert criminal trial lawyer is best suited to advise and handle the defense strategy in criminal matters.
A crime can be classified generally as ‘misdemeanours’ and ‘felony’ depending on the seriousness of the offence.
The concept of whistleblowing is covered under the penal code of the UAE which includes a requisite whereby all the individual are required to report any type of criminal activity.
A crime involving a physical attack or even a threat of attack can be potentially classified as an assault.
The continuous COVID-19 pandemic has prompted an incredible number of changes to the manner in which we work, mingle and socially connect.
A recent tragedy hit UAE on Thursday, 18 June 2020, when an Indian couple was brutally stabbed and robbed by the accused post breaking and entering in the house with an intention to commit theft.
Ee are obviously confronting a very dubious situation such as lockdowns, shut down of many businesses, travel restrictions, social distancing, no-human contact have immediately become world’s reaction towards the pandemic.
The law governing the electronic evidence is Electronic Transactions and Commerce Law Number 2 of 2002 herein mentioned as the Electronic Transactions Law.
Compos Mentis is one amongst the other significant elements in establishing criminal accountability.
UAE nightlife may seem attractive on the outside yet dangerous on the inside. Similar to the whole world, UAE is also agonizing which the social peril called consumption of illegal drugs.
Theft involves obtaining someone else's property with the intention of depriving the other person permanently from such movable property without their consent.
Moral etiquettes, if crossed leads to trouble regardless of the platform. Then don't be startled when people face trial due to what they wrote on social media especially in UAE where moral turpitude is frowned upon.
Someone's negligence is someone's loss, but that loss often leads to the right of seeking compensation.
You can run, but you cannot hide, on this note the government of United Arab Emirates and South African government signed an extradition treaty and mutual legal collaboration in criminal matters in late 2018.
Extradition is the most recurrent type of international collaboration between two countries.
A bare review of the laws manifests that it is easy to determine the criminal intent of a person as he is always aware of acts and the consequences attached to it, yet it is one of the difficult tasks before the criminal court, depending upon varying circumstances of the case.
The relation between the patient and the doctor has been in a bubble for a while as we have come across numerous medical negligence cases where medical professionals have failed to exercise the reasonable duty of care.
Think about this situation - You are a majority shareholder of an organization which is confronting financial issues. The company applied for a bank loan. However, bank necessitates that a personal guarantor should offer a guarantee.
NOT JUST A CRIMINAL ACT WILL MAKE YOU A CRIMINAL So, the plan is that "A will enter the apartment wearing women's abaya with a key provided by C, B will wait outside in the car, and once we complete the act, we will keep the money at D's place." The plan is simple, and everyone is aware of their role in the act.
WHAT MUST YOU DO IF YOU ARE DEPORTED FROM UAE? UAE is a pool of legislation which governs every aspect of citizens' life residing in the country, ensuring peace and harmony.
"The freedom of movement and residence will be granted within limits of laws" quotes from Article 29 of the UAE constitution offers freedom and simultaneously curtail it on the basis of law. It implies that everyone enjoys the freedom to travel inside and outside the country unless specifically objected by law through a travel ban.
The Law No. 17 of 2018 provides for an alternative to imprisonment in certain offences and subject to certain restrictions, which we have amplified in the following part herein. The alternative to imprisonment comes as a handy, electronic, portable and wearable device, which is intended to restrict and monitor the convicts or the accused pending trial instead of giving them a jail term or police custody during the investigation.
This article discuss the new Law in the UAE, which the Prosecution Can Allow the Accused and the Victim to Settle Criminal Matters Amicably.
This article discuss a new procedural system established by the amendment to the UAE Criminal Procedure Law, which envisages efficient and seamless transition of workflow with the goal to lessen the judicial workload. The system empowers prosecutors, subject to the limits provided in the law, to find the accused guilty of specific misdemeanours and issue a decision of penalty against the convict without referring the matter to the court.
This article explains how arresting individuals work under the UAE Criminal Procedure Law No. 35 1992 and its amendment. It further demonstrates potential scenarios for arresting an individual in the criminal procedure law...
This article explains about how the arrest orders are issued by the public prosecution, its validity, and contents and further discusses about the length of detention period according to Article 101, 104 and 105 of the Criminal...
This article clarifies how the Pre-trial imprisonment orders are issued, its power, and contents and further discusses about the discretionary power that public prosecution hold to issue the pretrial imprisonment order unless there is a...
This article will further clarify the arrest warrant procedures and pretrial imprisonment order procedures. It also simplifies the matter of provisional release until the investigation is completed, which is commonly known as Bail.
The article sheds some light on the rules and regulation which has to be followed in the Sessions in most of the criminal cases under the Criminal Procedures Law, Federal Law No. (35) Of the Year 1992 and its amendments.
This article simplifies the witness hearing procedures in the criminal proceedings. It further discusses the rights of the prosecutors, the victim, the accused and his or her attorney.
This article explains the procedure of referring the cases to criminal courts from prosecution after the completion of the investigation stage.
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