Article 14 of the Saudi Anti-Human Trafficking Law

This is a coordinating article that explains the relationship between this Law's penalties and those of other laws. Its substance is that the penalties provided for in the Anti-Human Trafficking Law do not prevent any more severe penalty provided for in another law from being imposed.

What does this mean in practice?

• If the same act is punished in another law with a penalty more severe than the one set in this Law, the existence of this Law does not prevent that more severe penalty from being imposed.
• An accused cannot argue that the Anti-Human Trafficking Law sets a lighter penalty in order to avoid a more severe penalty provided for in another law.

The article does not name the other laws meant, nor specify the more severe penalties; these are matters that depend on the other law that applies to the incident. Its provision also concerns the more severe penalty specifically.

This article follows Article 13, which punishes a legal entity through which, for which or in whose name the crime is committed with its knowledge by a fine not exceeding SAR 10,000,000. To find out which laws may apply to a particular incident alongside this Law, readers would do well to consult a lawyer specializing in criminal cases.