UAE Criminal Procedure Law

Article 22 — Article (22) Interruption of Criminal Action's Limitation Period

Book 1: Proceedings Before Criminal Courts · Part 1: Criminal Actions

1. The limitation period of the criminal action shall be interrupted by investigation, accusation or trial procedures, criminal conciliation and plea bargaining procedures, or fact-finding procedures if they are performed against the Accused, or if an official notice of the same is served upon the Accused. If there are several procedures that interrupt the limitation period, the validity of such period shall commence on the date of the last procedure made in respect thereof. 2. If there are several Accused Persons, the interruption of the limitation period for any of them shall result in the interruption for the rest.

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