In force Last amended 18/4/1438 AH
Saudi Consumer Protection Association Statute
تنظيم جمعية حماية المستهلك
The statute organizing the Consumer Protection Association. The text is set out in 23 articles.
- Articles
- 23
- In force
- 23
- Amended
- 3
- Issued
- 23/2/1436 AH
Issued by: قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (120) بتاريخ 23 / 2 / 1436
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
Browse Consumer Protection Association Statute by topic
Definitions and Status of the Consumer Protection Association5 articlesObjectives and Jurisdiction of the Association2 articlesConsumer Complaints and Association Committees2 articlesAssociation Membership and Its Conditions3 articlesGeneral Assembly and Its Meetings4 articlesExecutive Council and General Secretariat6 articlesAssociation Resources and Dissolution4 articles
Articles of the Saudi Consumer Protection Association Statute
- Article 1The article defines the key terms of the Statute: the Association, the consumer, the good, the service, the Council and the General Secretariat.
- Article 2The article provides that the Consumer Protection Association is a civil association with independent legal personality.
- Article 3The article sets the Association's main headquarters in the city of Riyadh and allows it to establish branches or offices within the Kingdom.
- Article 4The Article sets out the Association's objectives: caring for consumers' interests and defending their rights, protecting them from fraud, counterfeiting, deception and price gouging, and spreading consumer awareness.
- Article 5The Article lists the Association's functions: receiving consumer complaints and referring them to the competent authorities, supporting government bodies, studies, awareness, proposing regulations and representing consumers.
- Article 6The Article sets out the Association's three types of membership (working, associate and honorary), the conditions for each, and their rights to attend the General Assembly, vote and run for office.
- Article 7The Article sets out the obligations of working and associate members: meeting membership duties, abiding by decisions, notifying address changes in writing, and not engaging in work that conflicts with the Association's objectives.
- Article 8The Article sets out the cases of loss of membership, who issues the decision, the possibility of reinstatement for those who pay their subscription, and the bar on recovering anything paid to the Association.
- Article 9The Article lists the Association's bodies: the General Assembly, the Executive Board, the General Secretariat, and the permanent committees whose formation decision sets their competence.
- Article 10The Article provides that the General Assembly consists of all working members who have fulfilled their obligations to the Association.
- Article 11The Article makes the General Assembly the Association's supreme authority and lists its competences, from general policies and electing two thirds of the Board to approving the budget and proposing dissolution.
- Article 12The Article regulates General Assembly meetings: an annual meeting and extraordinary meetings, the majority quorum, postponement of 7 to 15 days, and a 25% quorum at the second meeting.
- Article 13The Article sets the composition of the Executive Board: 9 working members, two thirds elected by the General Assembly by secret ballot and the remaining third chosen by the person the Prime Minister appoints.
- Article 14The Article gives the Board the management of the Association's affairs, including preparing the internal, financial, administrative and election regulations for approval by the person the Prime Minister appoints.
- Article 15The Article sets Board meetings at one every two months, plus extraordinary meetings; a majority quorum; no delegation; and decisions by majority of those present, with the chair's vote deciding a tie.
- Article 16The Article creates a General Secretariat headed by a Secretary General appointed by the Board, sets the Secretary General's duties of managing, representing and signing for the Association, and the role of the deputy.
- Article 17The Article requires the Board to form three committees: Monitoring and Follow-up (receives reports and verifies violations), Studies and Research, and Awareness and Publishing, and allows other committees to be created.
- Article 18The Article lists the Association's resources (government subsidies, publications, investment returns, subscriptions, donations and endowments) and requires its funds to be deposited in a bank in the Kingdom, withdrawable only on two signatures.
- Article 19The Article sets the Association's financial year: it begins on the tenth day of the Capricorn (Jadi) sign each year and ends on the ninth day of it in the following year.
- Article 20The Article permits dissolving the Association if it departs from its objectives, commits a serious violation of the Statute, or violates public order or morals, and sends its assets after liquidation to the nearest charitable or humanitarian body in the Kingdom.
- Article 21The Article allows the person the Council of Ministers appoints to dissolve the existing Board and choose a temporary Executive Board if the General Assembly cannot meet or elect, or if the Association's work is otherwise obstructed.
- Article 22The Article provides that this Statute replaces the Consumer Protection Association Statute issued by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 3 dated 12/1/1429 AH.
- Article 23The Article provides that the Statute is to be published in the Official Gazette and takes effect from the date of its publication.