Minimum Dhs100,000 fine, jail term for indecent acts in UAE
The UAE Public Prosecution has warned people against performing any indecent act publicly in the country as they will be subjected to heavy fines and jail term.
Through its posts on its social media account the UAE Public Prosecution said that whoever publicly performs an indecent act shall be subject to a fine of not less than Dhs1,000 and not more than Dhs50,000.
It further explained that according to Article (358) of the Federal Penal Code any repetition of an indecent act in public shall be punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than three months and a fine not more than Dhs100,000, or one of the two.
The same punishment shall apply to any person who makes any statement or does any act that violates the principles of public morality, it added.
