Penal and Correctional Institutions Law

Article 54 — Article (54)

Chapter Nine: Final Provisions

1. A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than six (6) months and/or a fine not less than fifty thousand (50,000) AED shall be imposed on anyone who: a. Enters or attempts to enter to, or take out or attempts to take out from, the penal and correctional institution, in any way, any substances prohibited by the laws, regulations and resolutions regulating the work of the penal and correctional institution. b. Gives an inmate prohibited substances while transferring him from one place to another. 2. The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than one year and/or a fine not less than one hundred thousand (100,000) AED if one of the acts stipulated in Paragraphs (A) and (B) of Clause (1) of this Article is committed or if one of the employees of the penal and correctional institution or those charged with guarding the inmate facilitates or assists in committing it. 3. Anyone who provides an inmate with weapons or tools to use to escape or commit a crime shall be punished with imprisonment for a period not less than five (5) years. The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not less than ten (10) years if the act is committed, facilitated, or assisted in by one of the employees of the penal and correctional institution. 4. Any inmate who destroys, disables or damages the property and facilities of the penal or correctional institution shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine, and he shall be ordered to pay the value of the items he has destroyed, disabled or damaged.

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