Dubai: New fine payment system announced to lift travel bans automatically

Dubai: New fine payment system announced to lift travel bans automatically

After penalties are cleared, the smart service can get arrest warrants cancelled, and searches halted in coordination with Dubai Police

By Web Desk Published: Tue 8 Aug 2023, 2:51 PM

The Dubai Public Prosecution introduced a smart fine payment service, enabling individuals convicted in criminal cases to pay fines electronically and have their travel restrictions automatically revoked.

The smart service allows payment related to criminal judgements, in which fines are issued as judgements in presence, absenteeism, and legal presence. This service covers all stages of litigation, including primary, appeal, and cassation. After the fine payment, the smart service coordinates with the Dubai Police to cancel arrest warrants and halt searches for individuals.

Shamsa Salem Al-Marri, Director of the Strategy and Institutional Excellence Department, Head of the Services Improvement Team, explained that the smart payment service for fines is a digital proactive service added to the package of prosecution services that are in line with the 360 ​​services policy, which has become a way of life in which all sectors and institutions.

She indicated that the service will reflect positively, fulfilling customer happiness and reducing the need to personally visit the Public Prosecution headquarters to announce the default judgement and pay fines. The service will also