"The Public Prosecution" clarifies the penalty for publishing pornographic materials and violating public morals
The Public Prosecution of the State, through a film, published today on its accounts on social media, clarified the penalty for publishing pornographic materials and violating public morals through the information network.
The Public Prosecution indicated that according to Federal Decree-Law No. 34 of 2021 regarding combating rumors and cybercrime, Article 34 stipulates that he shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine of no less than (250,000) two hundred and fifty thousand dirhams and not more than (500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams, or one of the These two penalties shall apply to anyone who establishes, manages, or supervises a website, broadcasts, sends, publishes, republishes or displays on the information network pornographic materials and anything that would prejudice public morals.
The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who produces, prepares, prepares, sends or stores with the intent of exploiting, distributing or displaying to others, through an information network, pornographic materials, and everything that would prejudice public morals.
If the subject of the pornographic content is a child, or the content is designed to lure children, the offender shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of no less than one year and a fine not exceeding (500,000) five hundred thousand dirhams, or by one of these two penalties.
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.
More in the attached video.
Public Prosecution of the State: Imprisonment and a fine is a penalty for publishing pornographic materials and violating public morals through the information network.
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