In force
Saudi Alimony Fund Statute
تنظيم صندوق النفقة
The statute organizing the Alimony Fund. The text is set out in 17 articles.
- Articles
- 17
- In force
- 17
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 15/11/1438 AH
Issued by: قرار مجلس الوزراء
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 Alimony Fund Statute
- Article 1The article defines the terms of the Alimony Fund Statute, including alimony as money a person must spend on whoever is entitled to it under Sharia, and the beneficiary as whoever is entitled to it under the Statute.
- Article 2The article establishes the Alimony Fund, linked to the Minister of Justice, with legal personality and an independent budget, headquartered in the Ministry of Justice.
- Article 3The article sets the Fund's goal of ensuring that alimony is paid to beneficiaries without delay, under the provisions of the Statute.
- Article 4The article sets the Fund's tasks: paying judged alimony that went unenforced for reasons other than insolvency, paying it on a court order while the case is pending, paying temporary alimony before judgment, and recovering from the obligor.
- Article 5The article requires that alimony be paid on a request from the beneficiary on the Fund's form, with the documents the Regulations specify attached, and the Fund examines requests to verify the conditions are met.
- Article 6The article requires the Fund to stop paying alimony if the reason for entitlement ceases, and requires the beneficiary to notify it of any change affecting his entitlement within 10 days.
- Article 7The article requires the Fund to stop payment and require the beneficiary to return what was paid without right if he did not notify of a change within the period, concealed data or provided incorrect data.
- Article 8The article forms the Fund's board under the Minister of Justice, with government representatives and three private sector members, for 3 years renewable once.
- Article 9The article sets the powers of the Fund's board, including approving plans, setting the General Manager's powers and the amounts and period of temporary alimony, accepting donations and approving the budget.
- Article 10The article regulates the board's meetings: at least every 3 months, a quorum of a majority of members including the chair or his deputy, decisions by majority, and the General Manager attending without a vote.
- Article 11The article creates a General Manager post for the Fund at Grade 15, nominated by the board chairman, who is the executive in charge, and lists his tasks including spending and representing the Fund before the courts.
- Article 12The article sets the Fund's financial resources: the state's annual subsidy, donations, grants, gifts, bequests and endowments the board accepts, and any other resource the board approves.
- Article 13The article requires all of the Fund's money to be deposited in special accounts with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, with spending from them under the rules and procedures the board sets.
- Article 14The article makes the Fund's fiscal year the state's fiscal year, with the exception that the first year starts on the date the Statute takes effect and ends with the end of the following fiscal year.
- Article 15The article requires the Board to appoint one or more licensed external auditors to audit the Fund's accounts, without prejudice to the General Auditing Bureau, which is given a copy of the report.
- Article 16The article requires the Fund's Board to issue the Implementing Regulations within 90 days of the date the Statute was issued.
- Article 17The article provides that the Alimony Fund Statute takes effect 90 days after the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.