A penalty of incarceration for a period not exceeding one year and/or a fine not exceeding (5,000) five thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who is called upon to deliver a testimony before any judicial authority and who abstains from taking the oath or testifying evidence, unless his refusal is justified by an acceptable excuse. The perpetrator shall be exempted from the penalty if he tracts his abstention before the issuance of any judgment on the lawsuit.
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