Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
4 available 4 • View allInsurance claim of no liability to cover suicide cases
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Q: A person expired and the cause of death is suicide.
Insurers in the UAE have rejected the claim on the grounds of the suicide exclusion which is applicable by law:
"This insurance does not cover death as consequences of:
c) Directly or Indirectly occasioned through any unlawful or criminal act of the insured person."
Is suicide considered unlawful or criminal act in the UAE?

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Acting against the threats of husband after abandoning family
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Q: I am here in India and my husband works in Dubai. He has abandoned me and my children.
He is calling me up now and threatening me of committing suicide, and also he wrote a suicide letter which mentions my name on it so that I get caught.
I have a video where I have recorded all this conversation of him threatening me on a call. I have already reported this matter to Dubai police but no action has been taken.
I want to report against him for mental harassment against me and my children and non-stop threats to my life, along with mentally harassing me with suicide threats.

Jan 26, 2020
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The punishment of attempting suicide in the UAE law
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Q: What is the new law if someone attempts suicide in the UAE?

Dec 24, 2020
21753
Does the family of a suicide committer get any compensation?
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Q: If someone (not a UAE citizen) commits suicide in Abu Dhabi, can his family get blood money or any financial help from the government?

Feb 11, 2021
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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 Decree-Law No. (31) of 2021 Promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law 0
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).
Sep 20, 2021
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