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5 available 5 • View allProcedure for releasing the passport of a guarantor from Dubai Courts
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Q: Assalaam Alaikum,
My name is Syed Majid, I want to know some details about one case.
I have kept my passport as a guarantor for one person in a bounced cheque case, this person has got 2 months jail but he has already left the country for more than 1 year. He was in contact for few days but now he is not in contact.
Now, my passport is in Dubai Courts and my visa is getting expired next month. I am stuck here and I want to go back my country. I am an educated person and have given my passport with a good intention to help.
Can you please help or suggest me to get my passport back?
Thank you

Feb 22, 2018
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Application to the public prosecution for the release of passport
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Q: Dear Madam,
I have one question. I need your help actually.
I have one case in the public prosecution and my case is still under investigation for almost 7 months now. I submitted my passport and my cousin's.
Now, my cousin wants his passport back because he wants to go back home for marriage even I have also so much pressure about his passport and I cannot arrange any other replacement.
is it possible if I request my prosecutor to release my cousin's passport and keep only my passport until all this is finished?
I really appreciate if you help me.

May 1, 2019
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Release of passport deposited in the public prosecution to bail a friend
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Q: I have submitted my passport to the Dubai public prosecution for my friend on a bounced cheque case and he didn't attend his hearing.
The judge announced a one-month sentence against him, and now I am unable to contact him and I don't know whether he is in the UAE or not.
How can I get my passport back because I want to travel home?
Is there any option to get my passport by paying a fine or any other possible option?

Nov 25, 2018
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Is it possible to replace my passport in a traffic case to be able to travel?

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Q: Hi there,
I currently have a traffic case in the investigation status against me for driving without a license, causing damage to another person's property and driving a vehicle without permission (my wife's car).
I fully accept the charges against me. I urgently need to travel to my home country by 11 May and my wife will remain in the UAE.
Kindly advise if it is possible to lift the travel ban and have my wife as the guarantor for when the fine is issued.
Thanks


May 5, 2021
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Liability of signing a mortgage MOU on behalf of a friend to lift her travel ban

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Q: Hello,
My friend has a ban from traveling outside the UAE due to unpaid mortgage payments. She is trying to sell the property (an apartment worth more than the remaining mortgage value) with the bank agreement.
The bank told her that if she presents an MOU that someone wants to buy the apartment, they would lift the ban.
My friend is asking me to sign the MOU as a buyer, she herself wouldn't sign the MOU but send it to the bank to get the ban lifted as she needs to travel urgently (her father is in the hospital dying of COVID).
I do not intend to buy this property nor do I have the funds to do it. I am reluctant to sign this document, even though I want to help my friend.
Would I be held accountable and have to pay a penalty fee of 10% of property value if I am the only one signing the MOU?
What if the broker also signs it but my friend (the owner) doesn't?
Could the bank turn to me if they find out I am not truly interested in buying the property?
Thanks for your help!


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Laws & Regulations
2 available 2 • View allFederal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code 29
This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.
Dec 8, 1987
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Federal Law No. (35) of 1992 Concerning The Criminal Procedural Law 13
The law promulgates UAE Criminal Procedural Law (Penal Procedures Law) which governs criminal procedures in the UAE. This law applies to the procedures relating to offences whose punishments are not specified, dogma and punitive offences, and blood money, if they do not violate the Sharia rules.
Jun 15, 1992
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