A penalty of incarceration and/or a fine not less than (10,000) ten thousand AED shall be imposed on anyone who disgraces any person, whether a male or a female. The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (5) five years and not exceeding (20) twenty years, if the act or attempt is accompanied by use of force or threat. The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than (10) ten years and not exceeding (25) twenty five years, if the victims is not more than (18) eighteen years of age, or his will is not recognized for any reason, or if he has a physical disability, or suffers from a health condition that renders him unable to resist, or if the perpetrator is one of the victim's ascendants or non-marriageable relatives, one of those who raise or care for him or those who have authority over him, or if the perpetrator is the servant of the victim or any of the aforementioned persons, or if the crime occurs in a place of work, study, shelter or care.
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