In force Last amended 21/1/1445 AH
Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration Statute
تنظيم المركز السعودي للتحكيم التجاري
The statute organizing the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration. The text is set out in 15 articles.
- Articles
- 15
- In force
- 15
- Amended
- 2
- Issued
- 25/8/1440 AH
Issued by: قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (448) بتاريخ 1440/8/25 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 Center for Commercial Arbitration Statute
الفصل الأول: طبيعة المركز ومقره واختصاصهArticles 1–5
- Article 1The article defines the terms of the Statute of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration: the Statute, the Center, the Council of Chambers, the Chambers, the Board and the arbitral tribunal.
- Article 2The article provides that the Center has juristic personality and financial and administrative independence, is non-profit and operates under the umbrella of the Council of Chambers, with its seat in Riyadh and the power to open branches.
- Article 3The article makes the Center supervisor of arbitration proceedings that the parties agree to settle within its framework and under its rules, and lists its tasks such as administering proceedings, the arbitrators list and training.
- Article 4The article provides that the Council of Saudi Chambers contributes to supporting and marketing the Center's services and building effective relationships with the private sector.
- Article 5The article provides for the independence of the board members and staff of the Center from the Council of Chambers and the Chambers, and the independence of the arbitral tribunal from the board in the cases being heard.
الفصل الثاني: إدارة المركزArticles 6–12
- Article 6The article regulates formation of the Center's board by order of the Prime Minister, a three-year membership renewable once, and the experience requirements for the chair and members and that they hold no government post.
- Article 7The article makes the board of directors the Center's supreme authority and lists its powers, such as approving the strategy, regulations, arbitration rules, arbitrator registration criteria, fees and the budget.
- Article 8The article gives the chair of the Center's board the functions of representing the board before third parties, supervising its work and chairing its sessions, with the deputy acting in the chair's absence.
- Article 9The article regulates board meetings: quarterly meetings called by the chair and as needed, quorum by majority, decisions by majority of those present, minutes, and barring an interested member from deliberation.
- Article 10The article provides for the confidential nature of the work of the Center's board and obliges everyone who takes part in its work in any capacity to maintain confidentiality, even after their work ends.
- Article 11The article lists six reasons membership of the Center's board ends, such as expiry of term, government appointment, death, resignation and absence, and membership ends only by a board decision.
- Article 12The article provides for appointing a chief executive of the Center by board decision setting the pay and powers, and lists its functions such as running the Center, appointing staff, concluding contracts and representing the Center.
الفصل الثالث: ميزانية المركزArticles 13–14
- Article 13The Article lists the Center's resources: allocations from the Council of Chambers and the Chambers, fees for its services, investment returns, gifts, donations, bequests and waqf revenues, and any other resource the Board approves.
- Article 14The Article provides that the Center's personnel are subject to the Labor Law and the Social Insurance Law.