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Dear

Regarding your question, first of all, the police will keep the passport as a bail OR an amount they will decide how much it will be until the case will be closed by judgment, and the judgment will be as we will mention below.

This judgment will be a punishment for issuing a cheque with no funds in the account (only) and this is not an order to pay this amount to you.

You have to file a civil case in the court claiming the cheque amount anyway to claim your money back.

The article No. (401) of the UAE penal law says:

- A punishment of confinement or a fine shall be inflicted upon any person who, in bad faith draws a cheque without any existing or withdrawal provision, or who, after issuing the cheque, withdraws all or part of the fund to that the balance becomes insufficient to settle the amount of the cheque, who orders the drawee not to pay the cheque, or deliberately makes or signs the cheque in such a manner as to prevent it from being paid.

- Any person who endorses or delivers to another a cheque payable to the bearer whilst being aware that there are no existing funds covering its value, or that it cannot be drawn shall be liable to the same punishment.

- The penal action shall lapse if payment is made or waived after the crime has occurred and before it has received a final ruling if this occurs after the ruling has become final, its execution shall stay.

- If the court orders withdrawing the chequebook from the convict and preventing him from being given new books according to the provision of article 364 of the commercial transactions law, the public prosecution shall communicate such order to the central bank to be generalized to all banks.

- If any bank violates the said order, a fine of (100,000) one hundred thousand dirhams shall be paid.

If you have any further question, kindly do not hesitate to contact us directly on the following number

0527144440

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