Article (25)
1. A fine of fifty thousand (50,000) AED shall be imposed on anyone who employs,
harbours or provides a place of residence to an Foreigner in violation of the provisions of
this Law by Decree. The penalty shall be imprisonment and a fine of fifty thousand
(50,000) AED in the event or repetition.
2. Whoever recruits an Foreigner for the purpose of work in accordance with the provisions
of this Law by Decree and does not employ him or leaves him to work for others without
following the legal procedures stipulated in this regard, shall be punished with the same
penalty stipulated in Clause (1) of this Article. In all cases, the fine shall be multiplied as
per the number of violators.
3. Anyone who recruits an Foreigner for the purpose of work in accordance with the
provisions of this Law by Decree shall be exempted from the penalty if he reports that
the Foreigner has left his work, in accordance with the provisions of the Executive
Regulation of this Law by Decree. In this case, he shall be compensated by an amount of
ten thousand (10,000) AED as a deduction from the amount of the fine imposed in
accordance with Clause (1) of this Article. The value of the Foreigner's travel ticket shall
also be deducted from the amount of the fine.
4. A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than two months and a fine of one
hundred thousand (100,000) AED shall be imposed on whoever uses or harbours an
infiltrator.
5. The fine shall be multiplied as per the number of violators who are employed or
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harboured, not exceeding five million (5,000,000) AED.
6. Without prejudice to the penalties stipulated in the previous Clauses, if it is proven that a
farm or estate or part of any of them has been allocated to harbour violating or
infiltrating workers, the court shall order the demolition or removal of that part of the
building.
7. In all cases, the court shall order the deportation of the violating Foreigner, and shall also
order the deportation of the Foreigner who has employed him or harboured him upon
repetition.
8. The owner of the farm or estate shall be exempted from the determined penalty if it is
proven that he has not been aware of the incident subject of the crime.
9. The crimes stipulated in this Article shall be excluded from the application of the
provisions of mitigating circumstances stipulated in the Penal Code.
10. For the purposes of this Article, a farm is every land designated for the cultivation and
growing of plants, and an estate is every place designated for raising some types of
animals.
