The UAE Public Prosecutions have made it clear that when people who beg on the street are caught, they could face a fine not less than 100,000aed and a jail term of 6 months.
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According to Article 476 of the Federal Decree-Law No. 31 of 2021 on Promulgating Penal Code (Law of Crimes and Penalties), "whoever manages the organised begging offence committed by an organized group of two or more people" shall be sentenced to detention for a minimum term of six months and a minimum fine of Dh100,000.
"Whoever brings persons to the State for the purpose of using them in organised begging offence" shall be sentenced to the same penalty.
Source: Khaleejtimes
