Crimes and Penalties Law — Article 309 — Article (309)
Book Two: Crimes and their Penalties · Part Two: Forgery of Documents: Article (251) · Chapter One: False Testimony, Perjury and Abstention from Testifying: Article (302)
A penalty of incarceration for a period not exceeding two years and a fine not exceeding (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who compels the adversary party in a civil matter to take oath or to whom oath is reverted and commits perjury.
The perpetrator shall be exempted from the penalty if he says the truth after committing perjury and before the issuance of a judgment on the lawsuit in which perjury has been committed.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.
