General UAE Legal Questions LawCabinet Resolution No. (17) of 2020 Concerning Issuing the Regulation for Controlling Violations of Precautionary Measures, Instructions, and Duties Imposed to Reduce Corona Virus (Covid 19) Outbreak;

Article (1) Violation 1. Any natural or legal person shall not violate the precautionary measures, preventive measures, instructions, and duties concerning the maintenance of health and safety in order to control the risk of Corona Virus (Covid 19) outbreak issued by the Ministry of

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Cabinet Resolution of 2020 Regarding Issuing the Regulation for Controlling Violations of Precautionary Measures, Instructions, and Duties Imposed to Reduce Corona Virus (Covid 19) Outbreak; 2 Health and Community Protection, the Ministry of Interior and National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority. 2. The aforementioned entities shall take the procedures of advertising and publishin…

Article (2) Control and Supervision Entities The Ministry of Interior and Police General Headquarters in the State and the competent judicial control officers in the concerned federal and local government agencies, each according to their competence shall manage the following: 1. Controlling the extent to which the natural or legal person complies with the precautionary measures, preventive measures, instructions, and duties concerning the maintenance of health and safety in order to control the risk of Corona Virus (Covid 19) outbreak issued by the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, the Ministry of Interior and National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority. 2. Warnin…

Article (3) Administrative Penalty Anyone who violates the precautionary measures, preventive measures, instructions and duties issued by the authorities referred to in Article 1/1 of this Resolution shall pay an

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Cabinet Resolution of 2020 Regarding Issuing the Regulation for Controlling Violations of Precautionary Measures, Instructions, and Duties Imposed to Reduce Corona Virus (Covid 19) Outbreak; 3 administrative fine of no less than (500) five hundred dirhams and not exceeding (50,000) fifty thousand dirhams. The fine shall be doubled in case of repetition for one time only. The violator shall be referred to the Emergency, Crises and Disasters Prosecution of the Federal P…

Article (4) Fines Collection The Ministry of the Interior and Police General Headquarters in the State, each within their jurisdiction, shall collect the value of fines from violators. It may coordinate with the relevant government agencies and seek their assistance if the violator fails to pay the value of the fine.

Article (5) Grievance against the Administrative Penalties The violator may file a grievance against the administrative penalty imposed on him within (15) days from the date of notification of the violation of a justifiable grievance to be submitted to the Federal Emergency, Crises and Disasters Prosecution of the Federal Public

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Cabinet Resolution of 2020 Regarding Issuing the Regulation for Controlling Violations of Precautionary Measures, Instructions, and Duties Imposed to Reduce Corona Virus (Covid 19) Outbreak; 4 Prosecution. The Federal Public Prosecution shall consider the grievance within (15) days from the date of its submission. The Federal Public Prosecution may, by…

Article (6) Execution All federal and local authorities, each within its jurisdiction, shall implement the provisions of this Resolution.

Article (7) This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette, and it shall come into force as of the date of its issue. Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister Date: 29 Rajab 1441 H Corresponding to: 24 March 2020

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