If the victim is a minor, the penalty shall be imprisonment for at least 5 years and a fine.
Article (14)
A person who unlawfully login to an Internet website in order to change, delete, destroy,
or modify its design or take over its address shall be liable to imprisonment and a fine or
either.
Article (15)
The penalty of imprisonment and a fine or either applies to whoever commits any of the
following offences through the Internet or an information technology device:
1. Abuse of an Islamic holy shrine or ritual
2. Abuse of a holy shrine or ritual of any other religion where such shrine or ritual is
protected under Islamic Sharia
3. Defamation of any of the divine religions
4. Glorification, incitement or promotion of wrongdoing
The penalty shall be imprisonment for up to 7 years for an offence involving opposition
to Islam or injury to the tenets and principles of Islam, opposition or injury to the
established practices of Islam, prejudice to Islam, the breaching of a religion other than
Islam or the propagation, advocacy or promotion of any discipline or idea of such nature.
Article (16)
A person who violates family principles and values or publishes news or pictures in
violation of the privacy of an individual’s private or family life, even if true, through the
Internet or an information technology device, shall be liable to imprisonment for at least
1 year and a fine of at least AED 50,000 or either.
Article (17)
A person who set ups a website or publishes information on the Internet or an
information technology device for the purpose of conducting or facilitating human
trafficking shall be liable to temporary detention.
Article (18)
A person who sets up a website or publishes information on the Internet or an
information technology device for the purpose of selling or facilitating the trade of
narcotics, mind altering substances and the like in other than legally prescribed
circumstances shall be liable to temporary detention.
Article (19)