Article 14 of the Saudi Law of Commercial Data

المادة 14 من نظام البيانات التجارية

The article provides for publication of the Law of Commercial Data in the Official Gazette and for it to take effect from the date of its publication.

Official text (Arabic)

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

ينشر هذا النظام في الجريدة الرسمية، ويعمل به من تاريخ نشره.

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 14 explained in plain English

This is the closing article of the Law, and contains two provisions:

Publication: the Law is published in the Official Gazette.
Effect: it takes effect from the date of its publication, meaning there is no waiting period between publication and the start of application.

This means the provisions of the Law became applicable from the day of their publication in the Official Gazette, so merchants, importers, manufacturers and others covered by its provisions have been bound by them from that date, with no waiting for any period after publication.

Note the difference between this article and Article 13: Article 13 ties the period for issuing the Implementing Regulations (180 days) to the date of the Law's issuance, whereas this article ties the start of the Law's effect to the date of its publication.

The article does not state the publication date itself, so the date the Law took effect is learned by consulting its date of publication in the Official Gazette.

Article 13 is the one that requires the Minister of Commerce to issue the Implementing Regulations and the decisions needed to apply the provisions of the Law, so the detailed application rules are learned from the Regulations and decisions issued by him.

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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