{"id":27415,"date":"2020-11-23T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T09:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=27415"},"modified":"2020-11-23T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T09:19:10","slug":"public-prosecution-highlights-penalties-for-electronic-document-forgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2020\/11\/23\/public-prosecution-highlights-penalties-for-electronic-document-forgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Prosecution highlights penalties for electronic document forgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UAE Public Prosecution has clarified the penalties for the forgery of electronic documents stating that the crime is punishable by a range of penalties including jail and a minimum fine of AED100,00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on its social media accounts today, the Public Prosecution said that according to Article 6 of Federal-Decree Law number 5 of 2012 on combating cybercrimes, those accused will face temporary imprisonment and a fine of not less than AED150,000 and not greater than AED750,000 for forging an electronic document of federal or local government authorities or local or federal public establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Public Prosecution defines an electronic document as a record or informative report that is created, stored, extracted, copied, sent, communicated or received by electronic means on an intermediary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the Prosecution said the crime also carries a prison sentence and a fine of not less than AED100,000 and not greater than AED350,000 or either these two penalties if the forgery occurs in documents of a party other than those stipulated in the first paragraph of this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same penalty prescribed for the crime of forgery shall be imposed on those who use a forged electronic document with knowledge of its forgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112043-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112043-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112043-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112043-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112043.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112047-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112047-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112047-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112047-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201123_112047.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UAE Public Prosecution has clarified the penalties for the forgery of electronic documents stating that the crime is punishable by a range of penalties including jail and a minimum fine of AED100,00. 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