Q: My son had been arrested by the police for smoking an illegal cigarette with his friend. I want to know the rights of my son who's in detention since one week, where he was beaten when arrested, pressured to provide information about his source and threatened to be accused of circulating drugs and selling it. I still can't believe that my son can do such stuff. I am aware that what he had done is not acceptable, but we are an educated family. My son is still pursuing his studies and he doesn't need money, not in this way of course. I need your help please to know how to act and preserve his rights, without provoking the police so that they accuse him of something he didn't do. All I want is to get him out of jail on a bail, affidavit or anything else.

س: قبض على ابني طبيب أسنان خريج جديد بتهمة حيازة بهدف التعاطي أول مرة وحكم عليه سجن شهرين مع غرامة ٢٥٠ دينار وتم استبدال العقوبة. هل تسجل بحقه سابقة وهل يستطيع الانتساب إلى نقابة أطباء الأسنان وفتح عيادة خاصة؟ هل يمكنه الحصول على ورقة حسن سيرة وسلوك أو عدم محكومية لأغراض العمل في الخليج؟ مع الشكر للإجابة الوافية

س: هل يستطيع المتعاطي لأول مرة استخراج عدم محكومية؟

The provisions of this Federal Decree-Law No. (31) of 2021 Promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, known as the "New UAE Penal Code", governs criminal actions in the United Arab Emirates. The New Penal Code repeals the previous UAE Penal Code (Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code).