UAE Criminal Procedure Law — Article 218 — Article (218) Rendering of Judgment by Majority Opinion or Unanimity
Book 3: COURTS · Part 4: Judgment · Chapter 1: Rendering of Judgment: Article (209) No Obligation on the Court to Abide by Preliminary Investigation and Fact-Finding Reports
The presiding judge shall collect the opinions, starting with the newest judge and so on up to the most senior judge, and shall then give his opinion. Judgment shall be rendered based on majority opinion, except for the judgments involving death penalty, which must be rendered by unanimity. In the absence of such unanimity, the death penalty sentence shall be replaced with life imprisonment sentence.
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