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Saudi Counter-Terrorism Law Implementing Regulations
اللائحة التنفيذية لنظام مكافحة جرائم الإرهاب وتمويله
Implementing regulations of the Law of Combating Crimes of Terrorism and its Financing. The text is set out in 26 articles.
- Articles
- 26
- In force
- 26
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 2/5/1440 AH
Issued by: قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (228) بتاريخ 1440/5/2 هـ
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
Browse Counter-Terrorism Law Implementing Regulations by topic
Financial Institutions and Non-Financial Professions5 articlesArrest and Search in Terrorism Crimes2 articlesDetention and Provisional Release5 articlesRequesting Financial Records and Information1 articleCustoms Declaration and Terrorist Financing1 articleRisk Assessment and Due Diligence4 articlesGeneral Department of Financial Intelligence1 articleInternational Cooperation and Extradition5 articlesProtection of Victims and Witnesses2 articles
Articles of the Saudi Counter-Terrorism Law Implementing Regulations
- Article 1The article lists the financial activities and operations referred to in paragraph (14) of Article 1 of the Law, from accepting deposits and lending to investment-related insurance and trading in securities.
- Article 2The article specifies the business or professional activities referred to in paragraph (15) of Article 1 of the Law: real estate brokerage, trading in gold and precious metals above SAR 50,000, and specified legal and accounting services.
- Article 3The article lists the acts that a customer performs or begins to perform with financial institutions and non-financial businesses and professions, referred to in paragraph (17) of Article 1 of the Law.
- Article 4The article specifies the supervisory authorities referred to in paragraph (22) of Article 1 of the Law, being five authorities each within its field of competence.
- Article 5The article requires the Public Prosecution to be notified immediately on the arrest of a suspect in the Law's crimes, and the suspect to be brought before it within seven days, extendable by written order by at most seven further days.
- Article 6The article regulates how requests for records, documents and information under Article 6 of the Law are carried out, through the supervisory authority, the financial institution, non-financial businesses and professions, and non-profit organizations.
- Article 7The article specifies who issues permission to enter and search homes and other places in terrorism crimes, the form and contents of the permission, and cases of necessity not requiring permission, with results submitted to the Public Prosecution within 24 hours.
- Article 8The article regulates the consequences of suspending case proceedings under Article 11 of the Law: referring the papers to the arresting body, allowing the case to be reopened, and separating independent papers where there are several accused.
- Article 9The article defines the security concerns referred to in Article 12 of the Law as two matters: fear of flight or disappearance, and harm to the interests of the investigations.
- Article 10The article sets the controls on temporary release referred to in Article 13 of the Law: no security concerns, a recognized reason, and the released person's compliance with the measures in the release order.
- Article 11The article empowers the General Authority of Customs to apply Article 17 of the Law where terrorism financing is suspected, to ask the person carrying funds for information, to draw up a report, and to take additional measures.
- Article 12The article sets the detention period for an accused in the Law's crimes at thirty days, extendable to 180 days by order of the head of the Prosecution branch and then to twelve months by order of the Attorney General, with release only by Public Prosecution order.
- Article 13The article requires a no-contact order issued by the Public Prosecution under Article 20 of the Law to specify the categories covered by the ban.
- Article 14The article provides for enforcing final foreign judgments in terrorism and financing crimes, including confiscation, under the Kingdom's laws, subject to eight conditions in the requesting state's request.
- Article 15The article identifies the competent authority referred to in Article 62 of the Law for recovering and sharing confiscated funds with states bound by agreements as the Permanent Committee for Legal Assistance Requests at the Ministry of Interior.
- Article 16The article specifies the factors that financial institutions, non-financial professions and non-profit organizations must consider when assessing terrorism financing risks under Article 63 of the Law.
- Article 17The article sets when due diligence measures apply, scales them by risk, sets the minimum of verifying identity and beneficial owner, allows deferring verification, and states what to do when measures cannot be completed or would tip off the customer.
- Article 18The article sets what internal terrorism financing policies and procedures must contain, requires applying the requirements to branches and subsidiaries abroad, and requires updating controls based on risk assessment.
- Article 19The article clarifies that the legal arrangement referred to in the Regulations covers any legal relationship arising among several parties by agreement, such as trusts and similar arrangements.
- Article 20The article obliges financial institutions that receive, send or act as intermediaries for a wire transfer to comply with all requirements issued by the Permanent Committee for Combating Terrorism.
- Article 21The article identifies the competent authorities referred to in Article 72 of the Law, regulates execution of requests for controlled delivery of funds, and lets the Presidency of State Security allow suspicious funds to pass to identify those involved.
- Article 22The article sets what governs surrender of wanted persons under Article 73 of the Law, the dual criminality condition, the information needed to consider a request, and the possibility of refusal with referral to the Public Prosecution.
- Article 23The article allows the General Directorate of Financial Investigations to take measures including using modern technology and preparing reporting forms, and requires it to carry out operational and strategic analysis of reports linked to terrorism financing.
- Article 24The article requires the foreign counterpart's permission before passing on or using its supervisory information, and allows the supervisory authority to make inquiries on its behalf or enable it to do so for consolidated supervision.
- Article 25The article sets how the rights of the victims referred to in Article 85 of the Law are cared for, and the protection measures for those covered, such as personal protection, temporary residence and concealing identity.
- Article 26The article provides that the Implementing Regulations of the Law of Combating Crimes of Terrorism and its Financing take effect from the day after their publication in the Official Gazette.