Crimes of Issuing Unbalanced Cheques

Abstract

Dealing with cheque has an importance in our entire life as it is used in all fields and domains and is also used a significant source of money. For all of this and for other reasons, the criminal statute had to be taken under consideration to make it legal when dealing with the use of cheques according to Jordanian law and legal contexts. While breaking any of these legal contexts will result into investigation and punishment. According to the law, it is considered a crime to give a cheque with an insufficient balance or giving a cheque that has incomplete or an empty account. The current paper states clearly the following: (1) the consequences of giving a cheque without a balance and (2) explaining how Jordanian law deals with these kinds of crimes.

Keywords: Cheque, crimes, Jordanian law, unbalanced cheques, penal code.

DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/104-04

Publication date: December 31^st 2020