VIDEO: Dhs10,000 fine, jail term for damaging cars, mobile phones and laptops owned by others

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The UAE Public Prosecution shared a video on its accounts on social networking sites that clarified the penalty for the crime of destroying the property owned by the members of the public.

The Public Prosecution indicated that, according to Article 424 of the Penal Code, whoever destroys or damages property owned by others, whether immovable or movable, rendering it unusable or disrupting it in any way, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding Dhs10,000, or by one of these two penalties.

The penalty shall be imprisonment if the crime results in the disruption of a public utility or facility of public utility, or if it results in putting people's lives, security, or health at risk.

The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years if the crime is committed by a gang consisting of at least three persons.

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, and raise the level of public awareness of the law, with the aim of spreading the culture of law as a way of life.