Article 15 of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration Statute

This closing Article sets the publication and entry into force of the Statute:

• Publication: the Statute is published in the Official Gazette.
• Entry into force: it takes effect from the date of its publication directly, with no interval between publication and effect.

This differs from some laws that postpone their application for a period after publication; here the Statute's provisions apply from the day of its publication.

The text shown does not state the publication date itself, so reference should be made to the Statute's issuance details to learn it. To know whether a particular incident is subject to this Statute, one looks at the date it occurred compared with the publication date. If an article of the Statute is later amended, what counts is its text in force as shown in the law library.

From the date of effect all the Statute's provisions apply, so the Center begins exercising its competences in supervising the arbitration procedures that parties agree to settle under its auspices. This includes the provision of Article 14, which makes the Center's personnel subject to the Labor Law and the Social Insurance Law.