UAE Central Bank and Financial Institutions Decree-Law
Article 173 — Article (173)
Part Six: Administrative and Financial Sanctions and Penalties · Chapter Two: Penalties
Whoever, publicly and intentionally mutilates, destroys or tears up Currency, shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine of not less than ten thousand (10,000) Dirhams, or by either of these two punishments.
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