Article 9 of the Saudi Classified Information Penal Law

This article places a duty to report on government bodies, and contains two obligations:

1. Notifying the investigating body: government bodies, including security bodies, must notify the investigating body when any crime specified in this Law occurs.
2. Notifying the suspect's body: they must also notify the government body to which the suspect belongs, as provided in Article 3.

The reference to Article 3 is important, because it specifies who is treated as a public employee in applying this Law, including: those who work for the State or bodies with public legal personality permanently or temporarily, those a government body assigns a particular task, those who work for companies or institutions that manage, operate or maintain public utilities or carry out a public service or in whose capital the State participates, an appointed arbitrator or expert, and the chairmen and members of the boards of directors of those companies. So the suspect may belong to a government body in this wide sense.

This article works together with Article 8, which assigns investigation and prosecution to the investigating body competent under law. The text does not set a deadline or particular form for the notification.

To assess a particular situation, it is advisable to consult a lawyer specializing in criminal matters.