UAE Criminal Procedure Law

Article 370 — Article (370) Plea Bargaining In Felonies

Book 5: Miscellaneous Provisions · Part 4: Special Criminal Procedures · Chapter 3: Plea Bargains: Section 1: Plea Bargaining in Misdemeanor Cases: Article (360) Provisions of Plea Bargaining In Misdemeanor Cases · Section 2: Plea Bargaining in Felony Cases: Article (368) Provisions of Plea Bargaining In Felony Cases

1. The Prosecution Member, with a rank of not less than a Chief Prosecutor, to be nominated under a decision of the Attorney General, shall, upon applying the Plea Bargain in felonies and the misdemeanors that are inseparably associated therewith, propose to request that the Defendant be sentenced to prison for no more than three [3] years and no less than three [3] months. 2. In addition to the punishment described in Clause [1] of this Article, the Public Prosecution may propose to the Defendant that one or more of the punishments described in Article [362] of this law be imposed on him. 3. The competent court may, either sua sponte or at the request of the Prosecutor, apply the punishment proposed in the Plea Bargain according to the following: a. Ordering that the Defendant be placed under electronic monitoring as a substitute for the custodial sentence, subject to the general provisions regulating the same; or b. Applying the provisions regulating the suspended sentences or pardons. 4. The implementation of the Plea Bargain process in felonies shall not preclude the competent court from imposing ancillary or complementary punishments, and rule on what should be returned, as well as the penal measures, except for the banishment measure according to the rules and procedures set forth in the law.

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