The Public Prosecution of the State: Entering a home against the will of its owner is a crime punishable by law
The State Public Prosecution clarified, through a film material that it published today on its social media accounts, the penalty for violating the sanctity of the property of others.
The Public Prosecution indicated that according to Article 474 of Federal Decree-Law No. 31 of 2021 promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, anyone who enters an inhabited place or prepared for housing or one of its annexes shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding 10,000 ten thousand dirhams. Or a place prepared for keeping money or real estate against the will of the person concerned and in other than the cases specified in the law, as well as whoever remains in it against the will of the person who has the right to take it out or is found hidden from the eyes of the person who has this right, and the court shall order the evacuation of the convict from the crime scene.
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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