Saudi Anti-Financial Fraud and Breach of Trust Law
نظام مكافحة الاحتيال المالي وخيانة الأمانة
The Anti-Financial Fraud and Breach of Trust Law of Saudi Arabia. This page presents the official Arabic text of each article with plain-English explanations for residents and businesses.
- Articles
- 11
- In force
- 11
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 10/9/1442 AH
Issued by: مرسوم ملكي رقم (م/79) وتاريخ 1442/9/10هـ · قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (534) وتاريخ 1442/9/8هـ.
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 Anti-Financial Fraud and Breach of Trust Law
- Article 1The article punishes anyone who unlawfully takes another's money by any method of fraud, including lying, deception or misleading, with imprisonment and a fine or either of them.
- Article 2The article punishes taking, without right, money handed to a person by virtue of his work or on trust, partnership, deposit or the like, or disposing of it in bad faith or deliberately damaging it, other than public funds.
- Article 3The article punishes whoever incited another to commit any crime under the Law, agreed with him, or helped him: up to the maximum penalty if the crime occurs on that basis, and up to half of it if it does not.
- Article 4The article punishes anyone who attempted any of the crimes under the Law with no more than half the maximum penalty prescribed for the completed crime.
- Article 5The article increases the Law's penalties where the crime is committed through an organized gang or in a case of recidivism: not less than half their maximum and not more than double it.
- Article 6The article requires confiscation by judicial judgment of the tools and machines used in committing the Law's crimes and of their proceeds, without prejudice to the right of a bona fide third party.
- Article 7The article allows a conviction judgment to include publication of its summary at the convicted person's expense in newspapers or another suitable means, after the judgment becomes final.
- Article 8The article allows the competent court to exempt an offender who takes the initiative to report the crime to the competent authority, on conditions that differ according to the timing of the report.
- Article 9The article provides that the heavier penalty applies if the acts covered by Articles 1 and 2 also constitute a crime under other laws.
- Article 10The article assigns to the Public Prosecution the investigation of the Law's crimes and prosecution of them before the court competent to decide them.
- Article 11The article provides that the Law takes effect 90 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
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