Article 2 of the Saudi Anti-Concealment Law

This article sets out the basic definition of concealment on which all the provisions of the Law are built. According to the text, concealment has specific elements:

1. An agreement or arrangement: It need not be a written contract; it can be any arrangement between the two parties.
2. Two parties: A person (the one concealing) enables another person who is non-Saudi. Under Article 1, a non-Saudi is a natural or legal person who does not hold Saudi nationality and is not treated as a holder of it.
3. Carrying out an economic activity in the Kingdom that he is not licensed to carry out: Under Article 1, an economic activity is any activity aimed at making a profit that requires a license or approval from the competent authorities.
4. Using the license or approval issued to the person concealing: That is, the non-Saudi operates under the cover of a license issued to someone else.

Note that the text limits this definition to "the purposes of applying the provisions of the Law", meaning it is the standard to be used when applying the articles of this Law.

Article 3 then sets out the acts that are offenses, including enabling a non-Saudi to carry out the activity for his own account by using the person's name, license, commercial register or trade name, and the non-Saudi himself carrying out the activity through the person who enabled him.

Anyone who has an arrangement with a non-Saudi and doubts whether this description applies to them is best advised to consult a lawyer who specializes in criminal and commercial cases.