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We would like to inform you that f you are in the UAE under a visit visa and a cheque case has been filed against you, this case may be filed against you if you have issued the cheque in the UAE or you are currently residing in the UAE. The penalties for issuing a cheque without balance are imprisonment or fine in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code, which stipulates the following:

Article (401)

 Detention or a fine shall be imposed upon anyone who, in bad faith, gives a draft (cheque) without a sufficient and drawable balance or who, after giving a cheque, withdraws all or part of the balance, making the balance insufficient for settlement of the cheque, or if he orders a drawee not to cash a cheque or makes or signs the cheque in a manner that prevents it from being cashed. The same penalty shall apply to any one who endorses a cheque in favor of another or gives him a bearer draft, knowing that there is no sufficient balance to honor the cheque or that it is not drawable. Note that the penalty will be prison for a year.