In force Last amended 22/8/1444 AH
Saudi Advertising Boards Rules
قواعد تنظيم لوحات الدعاية والإعلان
Rules regulating advertising and signage boards. The text is set out in 20 articles.
- Articles
- 20
- In force
- 20
- Amended
- 8
- Issued
- 28/12/1412 AH
Issued by: مرسوم ملكي رقم م/35 بتاريخ 28 / 12 / 1412 · قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم 177 بتاريخ 14 / 11 / 1410
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
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Articles of the Saudi Advertising Boards Rules
- Article 1يقصد باللوحات والإعلانات في تطبيق أحكام هذه القواعد جميع وسائل الإعلام التالية : 1 - لوحات الدعاية : وتشمل كافة أنواع اللوحات المضاءة…
- Article 2Article 2 allocates responsibility for regulating and supervising advertisements among the municipalities, the Roads General Authority, youth welfare, ports, civil aviation and railways, according to the type of advertisement.
- Article 3Article 3 sets maximum fees for boards: SAR 600 a year per square meter for most boards and SAR 400 for shop signage boards, with the competent minister setting the criteria for fixing the fee.
- Article 4Article 4 specifies the bodies that collect board fees: youth welfare for the advertisements in paragraph (6), the Roads General Authority for its roads outside cities, and the municipalities for advertisements inside cities.
- Article 5يتم تأجير مواقع الإعلانات وفق الأسس التالية: 1 - التحديد الدقيق لمواقع وإعداد ومساحات لوحات الدعاية المسموح بها. 2 - مراعاة ألا تؤثر…
- Article 6Article 6 specifies the bodies that lease advertising board sites according to the type of site, excepting the boards in paragraphs (2, 3, 11) of Article 1.
- Article 7Article 7 makes the fees and rents of advertisements collected by amanahs, municipalities and rural complexes their own revenues, and what other bodies collect general revenues deposited for the Ministry of Finance.
- Article 8Article 8 obliges the company or establishment licensed for advertising to run a certain proportion of charitable advertisements free of charge, as the Ministry of Media determines in agreement with the relevant body.
- Article 9Article 9 obliges the company or establishment carrying out the advertisement to pay the costs of connecting and consuming electric current and any other related costs according to the laws and instructions.
- Article 10Article 10 makes preparing advertising sites and the facilities they need, with their maintenance and cleaning, the responsibility of the company or establishment carrying out the advertisement.
- Article 11Article 11 obliges the company or establishment carrying out the advertisement to repair boards damaged by traffic accidents or natural factors and remove the debris immediately and within no more than 24 hours.
- Article 12بالنسبة للمواقع المؤجرة من قبل الجهات الحكومية يجب ألا تزيد مدة التعاقد على استئجارها عن ثلاث سنوات.
- Article 13Article 13 bars the advertising company from assigning its contract or any part of it to another party without the competent body's written approval, and the body may terminate the contract in case of violation.
- Article 14Article 14 gives the body competent for leasing the right to cancel the advertising contract if the carrying-out company violates one of its terms, without the body bearing any financial obligation that may result from cancellation.
- Article 15Article 15 requires advertisements to be consistent with the country's customs and traditions and good taste, with pictures and writing within Islamic ethics, observing classical Arabic and the Shari'a controls issued by the relevant bodies.
- Article 16Article 16 requires every licensee to observe the requirements of security and safety and not to disfigure natural scenery when placing the advertisement.
- Article 17Article 17 requires every advertising licensee to observe, in applying these Rules, the decisions on encouraging local products and services and advertising them.
- Article 18Article 18 provides that these Rules repeal everything that conflicts with them, and that their provisions do not apply to government boards and advertisements.
- Article 19Article 19 provides that the Rules regulating advertising and signage boards may be amended by decision of the Council of Ministers.
- Article 20Article 20 provides that the Rules regulating advertising and signage boards are published in the Official Gazette and take effect ninety days after the date of publication.