Article 51
Starting Date: 29/03/2009

 In case of recidivism, an imprisonment of no less than fifteen days and no more than three years shall be rendered and a fine of no less than twenty thousand Qatari Riyals and no more hundred thousand Qatari Riyals shall be imposed, and the convict shall be deemed a recidivist if he commits a similar crime within one year of the date the punishment rendered against him is over or the forfeiture thereof by the lapse of duration thereof.

A penalty of not more than three years’ imprisonment and/or a fine of not more than fifty Qatari Riyals shall be incurred by any person who is in breach of any provision of Articles 2, 3, 10/Paragraph 2, 11, 15/Paragraphs 1 and 5, 39/ Paragraph 2 and 48 of these regulations. In the case of re-offending, a penalty of not less than fifteen days’ and not more than three years’ imprisonment shall be imposed and a fine of not less than twenty thousand Qatari Riyals and not more than a hundred thousand Qatari Riyals shall be imposed, and the defendant shall be deemed a recidivist if he commits a similar crime within one year of the end of the term of imprisonment or due to the lapse of time.