Attorney General Rashid Ateeq Al-Dhaheri stated that the number of cases of the penal order which was considered was 280 cases, 95% of cases were executed, starting from the date of activation of the criminal order on February 1st, The Emirate shall apply the Federal Penal Order in the State.

Al-Dhahiri said during the 59th Public Information Forum organized by the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department yesterday, under the title "The Criminal Order and its Impact on the Criminal Case", that the criminal order of alternatives to the criminal case is a judicial order without trial issued by a member of the Public Prosecution. He shall be deemed to have custody or referral to the competent court for offenses of misdemeanors and misdemeanors, which shall be determined by a decision of the Attorney General, even in the absence of the accused and without investigation, and shall result in termination of the criminal dispute unless the accused objects within the period prescribed by law.

He pointed out that the penal order is an alternative to the criminal case, with the aim of bringing the case of litigants to justice and speeding up the cases in order to face the phenomenon of slow litigation, facing problems of criminal cases in the courts and reducing the burden on judges.

Al-Dhaheri explained that the penal order is not a judicial precedent, which requires the application of rehabilitation, which is one of the most important advantages of the penal order. Which is always fine, and is half the maximum, stressing that the implementation of the penalty of fine to end the criminal dispute, with the right of the accused to object and choose the way of regular trial.

The provisions of the penal order apply to offenses of delicts and offenses stipulated in the laws in force in the State. The penalty is either a fine or imprisonment, including defamation, issuing a check without balance, municipal crimes, traffic and nationality, The offenses of the penal order, including the crimes of borders, punishment and religion, crimes against the security and interests of the state, crimes of influence in the judiciary, abuse of reputation, disruption of judicial proceedings, crimes under the Federal Law on Juveniles and Displaced Persons, And the crimes in which the law required the government to order deportation from the state.

Al-Dhaheri pointed out that the accused may object to the criminal order issued against him within seven days from the date of issue, if he is present or from the date of his declaration, if he is released in his absence or after his amendment. .

The Attorney-General may issue the sentence of community service to the accused in lieu of the fine, if requested by the accused.

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Days to appeal against the penal order.