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5 available 5 • View allActing against a bounced security cheque given to business partner
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Q: Hi Sir,
I have been working with a company as a partner on the trade licence and working for them as an employee.
I am not in the company anymore, however, during the business with them I gave a blank cheque as a security for the investment and I gave it based on trust.
Now, he wanted to take personal revenge and deposited my cheque by putting an amount of AED 1 Million on that and the cheque bounced.
I don't know what to do now and I need advise on this, please.

May 20, 2018
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Is it a crime to stop payment of a cheque?
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Q: Good day. My friend and his business partner agreed to put up a business. Then they agreed to have a share to pay. My friend share is to rent the place and give some amount of money. My friend issued bank checks in place of cash. When they get the business permit my friend's business partner did not include my friend's name in the business. So, what my friend did, he asked the bank to stop payment for the business.
My question: is my friend liable for the bouncing check because he stopped the bank for the payment?

Mar 22, 2017
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Claim for recovering cheque amount paid in business partnership 
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Q: A person has filed a case for returning the cheque amount issued to me 2 years back.
The amount was borrowed by my partner from this person towards his share for a restaurant business we went in a loss.
We don't have an MOU of partnership.

Jul 17, 2018
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أثر شهادة الشهود في المسائل الجنائية
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س: قام شخص بسبي أمام شخصين وقاما بإبلاغي وقالا أنهما سيشهدان معي، وذهبنا إلى النيابة بعريضة لوكيل النيابة.
وبعد ذلك اتصلا بي وقالا أنهما غيرا رأيهما بالشهادة، مع العلم أنهما قاما بكتابة العريضة وتوجد أرقامهم وبياناتهم الشخصية.
هل يحق لهم ذلك وما العقوبة المترتبة لذلك؟

May 28, 2019
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Refusing to return a security cheque after securing the loan with another
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Q: I issued a security cheque to my company owner for another employee loan who did not have a bank account at that time.
Now, the same employee has a bank account and a cheque book and he has issued cheque against his loan to the company, to which I issued cheque before.
At the back of both cheques (Issued by me and another employee) mentioned that cheques are only for security purpose against the employee loan.
My owner is refusing to return back my cheque. What should I do?
She is now holding 2 security deposit cheques against 1 single amount of loan.

May 28, 2019
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1 available 1 • View allBounced Cheques in the UAE: What You Need to Know in 2024 291
In the UAE, cheque bounce is a very frequent problem faced by people during their span in the country. It is covered under the purview of Commercial Transactions Law, and legal implications/penalties can be financially severe and daunting for more “serious” offenses. Bounced cheque issues may arise in a variety of commercial transactions, including but not limited to, companies’ exchanges, bank loans, property rents or purchases, and individual transactions.
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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. (18) of 1993 Issuing the Commercial Transactions Law 19
This Law applies to merchants, as well as to all acts of commerce carried out in the UAE by any person even though he be not a trader. Commercial matters regarding which specific Federal laws are issued shall be subject to the provisions of such laws, and to the provisions hereof which do not contradict with said laws.
Sep 7, 1993
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