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Anyone who tampers with or destroys a seal applied to a location, piece of paper, or other objects by judicial or administrative authorities will be subject to a fine or jail time. The UAE Public Prosecution outlined the penalties for those engaging in such crimes in a post on its social media accounts on Sunday. Article 326 of the Federal Decree-Law No. 31 of 2021, promulgating the Penal Code (Law of Crimes and Penalties), states that anyone who removes, breaks, or damages a seal that is affixed based on the order of the judiciary or administrative authorities on a place, paper or other things, or whoever causes by any means to skip the affixation procedure of such a seal shall be sentenced to detention for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding Dh10,000. The penalty will be imprisonment if the criminal is the guard. The punishment will be more stringent if a person commits acts of violence to commit a crime. This article is a part of the Public Prosecution's initiatives to foster a legal culture among community members and raise their knowledge of the most recent laws in the nation. BKM/ Expat Media
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