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Cases against 555 UAE nationals accused of bouncing cheques in Dubai have been dropped under new laws brought in by presidential decree.
Attorney General Issam Issa Al Humaidan said Dubai Public Prosecution dismissed the charges and those in custody have been freed. Action was taken following instructions from UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who ordered back in October that the bouncing of a security cheque by an Emirati should no longer be a criminal offence.
Al Humaidan said: “We dismissed 555 security cheque cases up to the end of December 2012 for Emiratis. We did it in cases under investigation and in cases where verdicts have already been issued.”
Under the new system, UAE nationals involved in such matters can apply for their case to be dismissed. Since December, federal courts have also stopped accepting criminal complaints from banks and finance companies that have tried to cash a security cheque after an Emirati defaulted on a debt. Judge Jassim Saif Buossaiba, head of the judicial inspection department at the Ministry of Justice, said courts began enacting the president’s instructions as soon as they were issued in October.
Attorney General Issam Issa Al Humaidan said Dubai Public Prosecution dismissed the charges and those in custody have been freed. Action was taken following instructions from UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who ordered back in October that the bouncing of a security cheque by an Emirati should no longer be a criminal offence.
Al Humaidan said: “We dismissed 555 security cheque cases up to the end of December 2012 for Emiratis. We did it in cases under investigation and in cases where verdicts have already been issued.”
Under the new system, UAE nationals involved in such matters can apply for their case to be dismissed. Since December, federal courts have also stopped accepting criminal complaints from banks and finance companies that have tried to cash a security cheque after an Emirati defaulted on a debt. Judge Jassim Saif Buossaiba, head of the judicial inspection department at the Ministry of Justice, said courts began enacting the president’s instructions as soon as they were issued in October.
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