By Sheena Amos
ABU DHABI: A new public prosecution will be formed to deal with community service offences in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, in his capacity as Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, ADJD, issued a resolution forming the new legal entity.
The newly-established public prosecution is part of an effort to enforce a 2016 federal law, which amended some provisions of the Federal Penal Code. It proposed community service as a punishment for some offences, instead of detention for a period no less than six months and a fine, said Wam.
The resolution underscored the ADJD Chairman’s commitment to creating an integrated judicial system that caters to ever-expanding judicial and legal requirements and is in sync with the best international practices, Yousef Al Abri, Under-Secretary of the Judicial Department, said.
Abu Dhabi Attorney-General Ali Mohammed Al Balushi said the new legal body fell within the prosecution’s mandate to represent the community as well as to preserve its well-being and interests through enforcement of the rule of law.
”The community service prosecution will fall directly under the jurisdiction of the attorney general and will follow up the implementation of arrangements of community service issued by misdemeanour courts in Abu Dhabi as per article 120 of the Federal Penal Code No. 7 of 2016,” he added.
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