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Synopsis
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The Public Prosecution
was formed as an independent department by order
of His Excellency Sheikh Maktoum Ben Rached Al
Maktoum, State vice-president, Prime Minister,
Ruler of Dubai, by virtue of law no.8 of 1992.
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The Public Prosecution
was instituted to achieve justice as concerns
the public rights of the Emirate.
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The Public Prosecution
has exclusive jurisdiction to institute and
follow-up criminal lawsuits, being part of the
judiciary set-up exercising the powers of
investigation and indictment and referring the
accused to the competent courts should it be
established that he is implicated in the crime.
In addition, the Public Prosecution supervises
the development stages of the lawsuit in the
criminal courts.
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In performing its duties,
the Public Prosecution emphasizes on
streamlining and expediting the procedures
without affecting the smooth course of justice.
It extends its services to the public, assists
it to obtain its rights and enforces the
implementation of justice.
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The Public Prosecution is
in charge of the writs of judicial assistance
concerning the surrender and follow-up of
criminals in cooperation with the international
criminal police in order to prevent the escape
of the culprit from one state to the other thus
seriously violating the State’s right in
punishing the criminal.
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The civil prosecution has
jurisdiction in representing the government of
Dubai and its local departments, institutions
and public bodies before the civil courts in all
stages of the trial whether by filing civil
suits against third persons or defending local
departments, institutions and bodies in case
they are sued before the civil courts.
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The civil prosecution was instituted in
1992, under the name of Personal Status
Prosecution, by Law no. 6 of 2004 concerning the
Wakfs and minor affairs Institution. The matters
of following up the funds of minors, interdicts
and absentees by the civil prosecution were
severed from its jurisdiction in order to be in
charge directly of controlling the minors’ funds
and supervising wakfs, protecting and investing
these funds before the competent courts.
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