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We would like to inform you that if your inquiry relates to the issuance of a cheque has no balance, the following information are important
The UAE Penal Code punishes the crime of issuing a cheque has no balance with imprisonment or a fine, so that the judgment is subject to the discretion of the judge.
It is advisable to negotiate with the creditor in order to waive the complaint.
Here is the text of the UAE Penal Code related to your inquiry:
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.
The criminal case shall be terminated if it is paid or waived after the occurrence of the crime and before the dismissal by a final judgment. If this happens after the judgment has been made, the execution shall cease.
If the court orders that the check book be withdrawn from the convicted person and not giving him new books, so article (643) of the Commercial Transactions Law, the Public Prosecution shall inform the Central Bank of this matter to all banks. In the case of any bank violating the said order, a fine of (100,000) one hundred thousand dirham is required.