Abu Dhabi: The Judicial Inspection Division of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) organised in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Judicial Academy (ADJA), a remote workshop to discuss the provisions adopted for cases of issuance of cheques without sufficient existing and withdrawable balance (NSF cheques) in accordance with Federal Decree Law No. 14 of 2020 which amends some provisions of the Commercial Transactions Law promulgated by Federal Law No. 18 of 1993; A total of 140 people from Abu Dhabi criminal courts and Public Prosecution offices attended the event.
The participants agreed to submit a recommendation to the Supreme Judicial Council to harmonise the views in order to comply with the wish of the legislator to postpone the entry into force of all the provisions of the law until the second of January 2022, whether they concern the decriminalisation of the NSF cheque or the alternative mechanism for consolidating the cheque and giving it the power of a writ of execution s