In force Last amended 1/6/1442 AH
Saudi Anti-Harassment Law
نظام مكافحة جريمة التحرش
The Law on Combating the Crime of Harassment of Saudi Arabia. This page presents the official Arabic text of each article with plain-English explanations.
- Articles
- 8
- In force
- 8
- Amended
- 1
- Issued
- 16/9/1439 AH
Issued by: مرسوم ملكي رقم ( م/96) وتاريخ 1439/9/16هـ · قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (488) بتاريخ 1439/9/14 هـ
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-Harassment Law
- Article 1The article defines the crime of harassment as any sexually connotated word, act, or gesture by one person toward another that touches their body or honor or offends their modesty, by any means.
- Article 2The article sets out the aims of the Anti-Harassment Law: combating harassment, preventing it, punishing those who commit it, and protecting the victim, to safeguard the individual's privacy, dignity, and personal freedom.
- Article 3The article provides that the victim's waiver or failure to complain does not prevent the competent authorities from acting in harassment cases, and allows anyone who learns of a case of harassment to report it.
- Article 4The article requires anyone who learns of harassment information through their work to keep it confidential, and bars disclosing the victim's identity except as required by inference, investigation, or trial procedures.
- Article 5The article requires government and private bodies to put in place measures to prevent harassment in the workplace and to discipline violating members, without prejudice to the victim's right to complain to the competent authorities.
- Article 6The article sets the penalty for the crime of harassment, increases it in cases of repetition and certain circumstances, and allows publishing a summary of the judgment at the convicted person's expense once it becomes final.Amended M/48
- Article 7The article punishes inciters, parties to an agreement, and helpers in harassment with the penalty of the crime, attempters with up to half of the maximum, and those who make malicious reports or malicious claims with the penalty of the crime.
- Article 8The article provides that the Anti-Harassment Law is in force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
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