Article 405 of the Saudi Civil Transactions Law
المادة 405 من نظام المعاملات المدنية · الفصل السادس: عقد المسابقة
The article provides that if a contest is between two teams, each team is treated as one person in undertaking the prize.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
إذا كانت المسابقة بين فريقين عُدَّ كلُّ فريقٍ في حكم الشخص الواحد في الالتزام بالجعل.
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 405 explained in plain English
This article deals with a contest between two teams, and sets one rule for it: each team is treated as one person with respect to undertaking the prize.
This means that when considering who has undertaken the prize, the members of a team are not looked at as individuals; rather the whole team is looked at as if it were one contestant.
The importance of this appears when it is read with Article 404, which allows the undertaking of the prize to come from some of the contestants or from others, and does not allow it to come from all of them. When this rule is applied to a contest between two teams, each team is treated as one contestant.
This is connected to the definition of a contest in Article 403, which rests on a person undertaking a prize for whoever wins a race in which winning depends on the contestant's work; here it is the team that does the work and to which the win is attributed for the purposes of undertaking the prize.
The article does not address the distribution of the prize among the members of the winning team; that depends on what they agree on.
To assess the arrangements of a particular contest, it is advisable to consult a lawyer who specializes in civil cases.
Practical example
Two teams of employees of two companies in Dammam compete in a friendly football tournament, and one of the teams undertook a prize for the winning team. Each team is treated as one person when considering the undertaking of the prize, so the undertaking team is looked at as if it were one contestant who undertook the prize.
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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Frequently asked questions about Article 405 of the Saudi Civil Transactions Law
How are teams treated in contests with regard to the prize?
Each team is treated as one person in undertaking the prize if the contest is between two teams.
Does the article specify how the prize is distributed among the team members?
No. The article is limited to treating the team as one person in undertaking the prize.
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