Article 41 of the Saudi Civil Status Law

المادة 41 من نظام الأحوال المدنية

The Article requires the births registrar, after registering a birth, to draw up a birth certificate in two copies bearing the entry number and date, one handed to the reporter and the other sent to the department.

Official text (Arabic)

This article has not been amended since the law was issued.

يجب على كاتب سجل المواليد المنوط به القيد بعد تسجيل واقعة الميلاد تحرير شهادة ميلاد من نسختين بميلاد الطفل على النموذج المعد لذلك وعليه تذييلها برقم وتاريخ القيد في السجل، وتسليم إحداهما إلى المبلغ وفقا لما تحدده اللائحة التنفيذية لهذا النظام وبعث الثانية إلى الإدارة التي يتبعها.

This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers

Article 41 explained in plain English

This Article regulates issuing the birth certificate after the birth event is registered, and places the following duties on the births registrar:

Drawing up: drawing up a birth certificate for the child on the prescribed form.
Two copies: the certificate is drawn up in two copies.
Adding the entry details: the certificate bears at its foot the entry number and date in the register, so it is tied to the original entry.
Handing over and sending: one copy is handed to the reporter as the Implementing Regulations specify, and the second is sent to the department the registrar belongs to.

The Article does not set out in detail the procedures for handing it to the reporter; it refers them to the Implementing Regulations.

Article 42 complements these rules: it requires the births registrar, at the end of each week, to notify the civil status department he belongs to by a statement on the prescribed form containing all the birth events he recorded, attaching a copy of the birth certificate, and the department must record the events within three days on the child's father's page.

Article 40 also deals with the foundling, whose birth certificate is handed to the institution or person who undertook his upbringing without stating that he is a foundling.

Practical example

After Turki reported the birth of his son at a civil status office in Jazan and the event was recorded, the registrar draws up a birth certificate in two copies bearing the entry number and date. Turki receives one as the Implementing Regulations specify, and the second is sent to the civil status department the office belongs to.

Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.

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