DCC 54/1996
Type
Case
Court
Dubai Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Dubai
Taxonomy
Fraud, Sale of Goods, Offences against the State & the General Public
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
15 Nov 1996
Catchwords
Offence – Fraud –Human food – Expiry dates – Commercial transactions
This case involved the appellant having been accused as cheating on human food (potato chips) and sold them, by creating new expiry dates that are different than the true dates. The accused was charged to pay a fine amounting to AED 10,000 and to confiscate the seized foodstuffs. The accused appealed this judgment by cassation.
Import, purchase or promotion of counterfeit goods for the purpose of trading thereof constitutes an offence as long as the offender is aware of such fact, Article 423 of the Penal Code.
Article 423 of the Penal Code criminalises the import, purchase or promotion of counterfeit goods for the purpose of trading thereof as long as the offender is aware of such fact.
The Judgment
After perusing the documents, reciting the report prepared by the Judge-rapporteur and after hearing the pleading and deliberation,
Whereas the appeal in cassation was submitted within the legal period and has fulfilled all its requirements in the form, therefore it is acceptable in the form.