Article 33 of the Saudi Agriculture Law

This article encourages members of the public to help uncover violations of the Agriculture Law, and provides that the Minister grants a financial reward to anyone who helps uncover any violation of the Law or its Implementing Regulations.

The main points of the article:

• The beneficiary: Any person who helps uncover the violation, provided they are not an inspector, since uncovering violations is part of an inspector's work in the first place.
• The scope of violations: It covers violations of the provisions of the Law and the Implementing Regulations without limiting to a particular type.
• The maximum: The reward may not exceed SAR 50,000.
• Distribution rules: They are set by a decision of the Minister; the Law does not state how the reward is calculated or distributed, and these details are known from the Minister's decision.

This article connects to Article 32, which allows suspending an activity as a precaution when an urgent violation is caught, and is part of the oversight system for the agricultural sector that relies on both inspectors and public cooperation. The article does not specify the method of reporting or the body to which a report is submitted, so refer to what the Ministry issues on that.