Article 18 of the Saudi Anti-Concealment Law

This article encourages reporting of concealment in two ways:

First: Confidentiality of the informant's identity

• The identities of informants are kept in a confidential register and are not included in the case file.
• The Public Prosecution keeps the right to request disclosure of the informant's identity if the investigation requires it, but under procedures that ensure its confidentiality is preserved.

Second: The financial reward

A reward of no more than 30% of the fine collected for any offense or violation is granted by decision of the Minister, on all of the following conditions:

1. The informant is not among those responsible for applying the provisions of the Law.
2. He provides information that can be relied on to start an investigation.
3. A final judgment is issued proving the offense, or the decision proving the violation becomes final.
4. The informant is not convicted in it.

Because the reward is a percentage of "the fine collected", it is tied to what is actually collected as a fine, and 30% is a ceiling, not a fixed sum.

The Implementing Regulations set the procedures for reporting, the controls for paying rewards and the mechanism for dividing them if there are several informants; the article does not set out these details. Alongside this, Article 17 requires licensing bodies to report to the Ministry any suspicion that appears to them.