Legalists confirmed to "the East" The Qatari law has established deterrent controls and severe penalties against beggary practitioners and begged for the sympathy of others and their entreaty to take their money without face.
They noted that the state has allocated charitable and humanitarian community institutions authorized to provide support to the needy, collect donations, and find research solutions for people with needs and families.
** Attorney Abdullah Al-Mutawa:
Article No. 278 of the Penal Code stipulates that: (Whoever beggars in the streets or public places, or leads a minor to beg, or encourages him to do so, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
Instead of ruling the aforementioned penalty, it is permissible to order the placement of the beggar in one of the correctional institutions designated for that purpose.
In all cases, in addition to the prescribed penalty, the seized funds obtained from the crime shall be confiscated.
** Attorney Jadnan Al-Hajri, Assistant Professor at the Community College:
Begging is a reprehensible habit that must be deterred by the force of law, for it has created strict legal articles to combat and limit it, noting that it requires community and research institutions to study this phenomenon and find out its causes so that it does not exacerbate to more than that.
** Lawyer Ibrahim Saleh Ahmed:
The system of legislation has found solutions to the phenomenon of beggary, which is now worrying community institutions because it affects social cohesion and solidarity, and gives a false picture of society.
The law sets a deterrent penalty, and intensifies monitoring and investigation procedures to control violators and those who deliberately appear as needy in order to beg others and blackmail them by recounting delusions and sad situations in order to influence them.
