• CYBER CRIME LAWS IN UAE

LAW1:

 Law No.2 of 2006, issued last month, includes 29 articles, and shall
take effect from the date of its issuance, and is to be published in the
official gazette.

LAW 2

 Article No.2 considers any intentional act resulting in abolishing,

destroying or revealing secrets or republishing personal or official
information, as a crime. It says anyone convicted of logging onto
information website or system shall be punished with jail term, or fine, or
both. If the act resulted in abolishing, destroying, or revealing, changing
or republishing information, he/she shall be sentenced to no less than six
months in jail and be fined, or both. If such information are personal, a
fine of not less than Dh10, 000 shall be imposed, and a jail term of not
less than one year shall be handed out to the convict, or both
punishments.

 The law also reads that anyone convicted of stimulating a male or

female to commit adultery or prostitution via the Internet will be jailed up
to five years and fined.

 Anyone convicted of abusing holy shrines or religious rituals or

insulting them or inciting others to do so, shall be sentenced to five years
in jail and be fined.

 Anyone convicted of opposing the Islamic religion will be jailed up

to seven years. Anyone convicted of transcending family principles and
values shall be jailed for one year and fined Dh50, 000. Anyone convicted
of setting up a website for groups promoting programmes in breach of
public decency and order shall be sentenced to five years in jail.

LAW 3::

 Article No.3 reads that anyone convicted of committing any crimes

stipulated in Article No.2 of this law, shall be sentenced to no less than
one year in jail, and fined not less than Dh20, 000, or both.

LAW 4:

 Article No.4 says anyone convicted of forging any document of

Federal or local government?s documents, or any of federal or local
institutions, shall be temporarily imprisoned, and fined, or both.

LAW 5:

 Anyone convicted of using the forged document with knowledge it

is forged, shall be handed out the stipulated punishment for forgery crime.
Article No.5 of the law reads anyone convicted of hampering, blocking or
preventing the reach of service or logging onto computer programmes, or
 information sources with any possible means whether via the use of
internet or any information technology mean, shall be punished with a jail
term, or a fine, or both.

LAW 6:

 Article No.6 says anyone convicted of inserting certain information

via the internet or using any IT or electronic mean for the purpose of
stopping or breaking down, or destroying, deleting or amending
programmes and information, shall be either jailed or fined, or both.

LAW 7:

 Article No.7 says anyone convicted of using the internet or any

electronic or IT means for changing or destroying medical tests or medical
diagnosis, or medical treatment or healthcare, or even assisted others to
do it, shall be temporarily jailed or fined.

LAW 8:

 Article No.8 says anyone convicted of deliberately eavesdropping,

or receiving or intervened information or messages sent via the internet
by using any electronic or high-tech means, shall be jailed or fined.

LAW 9:

 Article No.9 says anyone convicted of using the internet or any

other high-tech means for threatening or black mailing another person, to
incite him to carry out an act or not, shall be sentenced to no more than
two years in jail and fined no more than Dh50, 000, or both.

 Anyone convicted of using the internet for threatening or black

mailing another person, to incite him to commit lewd acts or honour
crimes, shall be sentenced up to 10 years in jail and fined Dh50, 000.

LAW 10:

 Article No.10 reads that anyone convicted of putting his hands on

immovable funds, or a document to sign for himself or others, by using
the internet or any high-tech means in a fraudulent way or by taking a
nick name or assuming the identity of others with intent to defraud, shall
be sentenced to no less than one year, and fined no less than Dh30, 000,
or both.

LAW 11:

 Article No.11 reads that anyone convicted of reaching data of credit

card or any other electronic cards by the use of the internet or any high-
tech means, shall be imprisoned and fined. If the act takes place with
intent to use credit or electronic cards to get other?s money or their
available services, the convict shall be jailed for no less than one year, and
fined no less than Dh30, 000, or one of each punishments.

LAW 12:
  Article No.12 says anyone convicted of producing, preparing,
sending, or saving information with intent to exploit, distribute or
providing others with information that causes harm to public decency, via
the internet or high-tick means, shall be sentenced to no less than six
months in jail and fined no less than Dh 30, 000.

LAW 13:

 Article No13 says anyone convicted of inciting or luring a male or

female to commit adultery or prostitution, by using the internet or high-
tech means, shall be imprisoned and fined. If the victim is a juvenile, a jail
term of no less than five years and a fine shall be imposed.

LAW 14:

 Article No14 says anyone convicted of logging onto a website with

intent to change the designs of this site, deleting it, amending its
information, or taking its address, shall be jailed and fined.

LAW 15:

 Article No.15 stipulates that anyone convicted of using the internet

or high-tech means for the purpose of committing the following crimes,
shall be imprisoned or fined.

 The crimes are as follows:

• 1-Abuse of any Islamic holy shrines or rituals

• 2- Abuse of holy shrines and religious rituals stipulated in other
religious since such rituals are maintained in accordance to the rulings of
Islamic Sharia
• 3- Insulting any recognised religion
• 4- 4-Inctiment or promotion of sins

 If anyone convicted of opposing the Islamic religion, or abusing its

principles, or carrying out any missionary activities for the benefit of other
religions, he should be sentenced to more than seven years in jail.

LAW 16:

 Article No16 reads that anyone convicted of transcending family

principles and values, or publishing news or pictures related to the private
life of the family?s members, shall be jailed for no one year and fined
Dh50, 000.

LAW 17:

 Article No.17 stipulates that anyone convicted of setting up a

website, or publishing information vi the internet or any other cyber
means for the purpose of trafficking in human beings or facilitating human
trafficking, shall be temporarily imprisoned.

LAW 18:
  Article No.18 reads that anyone convicted of setting up a website
or publishing information with the aim of promoting narcotics shall be
temporarily jailed.

LAW 19:

 Article No.19 says anyone convicted of transferring dirty money or

concealing their sources, or transferring illegal properties via the use of
internet or other cyber means, shall be sentenced to no more than seven
years and a fine of no less than Dh30, 000 and up to Dh200, 000.

LAW 20:

 Article No.20 reads anyone convicted of setting up a website or

publishing information for groups calling for facilitating and promoting
ideas in breach of the general order and public decency, shall be
sentenced to nor more than five years in jail.

LAW 21:

 Article No.21 says anyone convicted of setting up a website or

publishing information for a terrorist group under fake names with intent
to facilitate contacts with their leadership, or to promote their ideologies
and finance their activities, or to publish information on how to make
explosives or any other substances to be used in terrorist attacks, shall be
sentenced to no more than five years in jail.

LAW 22:

 Article No22 reads anyone convicted of logging onto government

websites with intent to obtain secrete information shall be sentenced to
jail. If the practice resulted in deleting, destroying or publishing such
information, the convict shall be sentenced up to five years in jail.

LAW 23:

 Article No.23 says anyone convicted of inciting, or assisting or

agreed with other person to commit a crime of crimes stipulated in this
law, he shall be punished with the same punishment stipulated in the law.

LAW 24:

 Article No.24 says with no prejudice to others? rights, all devices,

programmes and means used in committing any of the previous
mentioned crimes will be confiscated.

LAW 25:

 Article No.25 stipulates if the convict is an expatriate, he shall be

deported after serving his term.

LAW 26:
  Article No.26 says the implementation of penalties stipulated in this
law does not contradict any other tougher punishment stipulated in the
penal Code or any other laws.

LAW 27:

 Article No.27 says law-enforcement officials are allowed to catch

criminals and report violations.

LAW 28:

 Article No28 says any provision contradicts the provisions of this

law shall be abrogated.

LAW 29:

 Article No.29 says this law shall take effect from the date of its
issuance, and is to be published in the official gazette.