Whoever requests, accepts or takes, directly or indirectly, or is promised of a materialistic of non-materialistic gift or benefit, whether inside or outside the UAE, in return for publishing or re-publishing illegal content or any of the false data in the UAE using any ITE shall be punished with temporary imprisonment and a fine of not more than (AED 2,000,000) two million dirhams. A judgment shall be made to forfeit the material gift or benefit obtained by him. In the event that it is not possible to seize the same, a fine equal to the value of what has been requested, offered, or accepted shall be imposed. Whoever manages, or supervises, rents or purchases advertising space on an offensive account or website shall be punished with the same penalty. The competent authorities may consider a website or an electronic account offensive if the authority verifies that it has repeatedly published false data or content in violation of the law.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.