The Ministry of Interior called on everyone to commit to not leaving the house except in cases of extreme necessity, for reasons of work, for the purpose of purchasing basic needs of medicine and food, and for private cars (for a family from the same house) and for a maximum of three people in each car, without going to public places, Keeping safe distances when mixing with family.
The Ministry requested adherence to preventive measures and taking into account social separation, commitment to wearing masks, and not to go to hospitals except in critical and necessary cases.
She stressed in a statement yesterday, that the legally prescribed penalties will be imposed on violators according to the Law on Communicable Diseases, and the fine and the proceeding of legal procedures that reach imprisonment and financial fine will be tightened.
The ministry cautioned that the rumors will not be drifted, circulated and republished, and "anyone who violates this will expose himself to legal accountability."
While two laws confirmed that everyone who violates the decision issued by the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, the National Authority for Emergency and Crisis and Disaster Management, to close public and private beaches, parks and private and public swimming pools, cinemas and sports halls designated for training, commercial centers, shopping centers and open markets, which include selling fish Vegetables and meat, temporarily, for a period of two weeks, is subject to legal accountability, in accordance with Article 348 of the Federal Penal Code, which is punishable by imprisonment and a fine, or one of these two penalties, who intentionally committed an act that would endanger the life, health or security of people Or their liberties are at risk, and the penalty of imprisonment is if the act results in harm, whatever, without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by law, by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, and by a fine that does not exceed 5,000 dirhams, or one of these two penalties, according to the second paragraph of the article 17 of Federal Law No. 27 of 1981 on the prevention of communicable diseases.
The Ministry and the Authority also decided to legalize the work of restaurants, cafes and outlets providing food and drinking services for the same period subject to review and evaluation, provided that they meet requests for home delivery, and host their clients at 20% of their capacity, taking into account the distances (social spacing), which are not less About two meters, with the exception of external stalls and personal requests made by customers themselves. The president of the Lawyers Association, Counselor Zayed Al Shamsi, told «Emirates Today»: “The law must be applied to anyone who committed a violation, and opposed the decision to close parks, public places and beaches, in accordance with the Federal Penal Code, which is punishable by imprisonment and a fine, or by one of these two punishments. It would endanger people's lives, health, security, or freedoms, and the penalty for imprisonment is if the act results in harm whatsoever, without prejudice to any more severe punishment determined by law. ”
He explained that the public’s going to closed places that prevent entry to it for health reasons is considered a violation of the state’s decision, and exposes the violator to legal accountability, pointing out that if the violator was ill with a communicable disease, including “corona”, the penalty would be more severe.
Lawyer Dr. Raed Al-Awlaki considered that the second paragraph of Article 17 of Federal Law No. 27 of 1981 regarding the prevention of communicable diseases, stipulates that he be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, and by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dirhams or one of these two penalties, as it stipulated that In the event of an epidemic of cholera, smallpox, plague, typhoid, recurrent fever, cerebrovascular disease or any of the dangerous diseases that are issued by a decision of the Council of Ministers, the competent minister may take special measures in this regard, and to order alongside what is stipulated in this law to take measures The following: Organizing entry and exit Li-infested areas, to prevent or restrict gatherings or celebrations of the establishment of private and public, and to determine the number of public passenger vehicles and other means of transport, and to take appropriate health measures concerning the regulation of markets, roads and other public places. He pointed out that the law must be enforced strictly, and control by the competent authorities should be imposed on the areas identified by the closure decision.
The Ministry called for non-delineation, circulation and re-publication of the rumors.