Article 47 of the Saudi Counter-Terrorism Crimes and Financing Law

This is the basic article criminalizing terrorist financing. It punishes with imprisonment for no less than 5 years and no more than 15 years anyone who does any of the following with funds: provides them, collects them, receives them, allocates them, transfers them, converts them, possesses them, or calls for donations of them.

This applies by any means, directly or indirectly, and whether the source of the funds is lawful or unlawful, where one of the following is present:

• The purpose is to use them in whole or in part to commit any of the crimes under the Law.
• The offender knows that they will be used in whole or in part to finance a terrorist crime inside or outside the Kingdom, or that they are connected to it.
• He knows that they will be used by a terrorist entity or a terrorist for any purpose.

Punishment applies even if the crime does not occur or none of the funds is used.

Increased penalty: if the offender abused the facilities granted by his job capacity or his professional or social activity, the penalty is no less than 10 years.

Funds, under Article 1, is a broad concept covering assets and property of every kind, documents and transfers, electronic or digital systems, and commercial and financial paper. The article follows Article 46, on obstructing the investigation, and precedes Article 48, which punishes traveling to another country to commit crimes under the Law. A person facing an accusation of financing should consult a lawyer who specializes in criminal cases.