The cheque law in Dubai can be harsh

For those of you living in Dubai UAE this law must be a constant niggle if you rent property or indeed use cheques in any way.

It is a serious criminal offence to write a cheque that bounces. It routinely ends up with a prison sentence for the cheque writer.

A senior Dubai judge has commented that this law can be harsh if a blank cheque was issued as is required when renting property, for example, and there was no intent to write a fraudulent cheque.

See this Kipp Report article for more details