The Public Prosecution of the State clarifies the penalty for unlawful use of telecommunications services or broadcasting channels
The Public Prosecution of the State, through a tweet published today on its accounts on social media, clarified the penalty for unjustly using telecommunication services or broadcast channels via the information network or an information technology means.
The Public Prosecution indicated that according to Article 50 of Federal Decree-Law No. 34 of 2021 regarding combating rumors and cybercrime, which stipulates that he shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of no less than one year and a fine of no less than 250 thousand dirhams and not more than one million dirhams, or one of these two The two penalties are anyone who unlawfully benefits or facilitates for others to benefit from telecommunications services or audio or video broadcasting channels, through the information network or any information technology means.
The dissemination of this information comes within the framework of the State Public Prosecution’s ongoing campaign to enhance the legal culture among members of society, publish all the new and updated legislation in the country, and raise the level of public awareness of the law, with the aim of spreading the culture of law as a way of life.
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