Article 171 of the Saudi Implementing Regulations of the Criminal Procedure Law
المادة 171 من اللائحة التنفيذية لنظام الإجراءات الجزائية · الباب الثامن: الأحكام الواجبة التنفيذ وإجراءات تنفيذها وضوابطه
The provisions of the judgment-execution part of the Regulations do not prejudice the Authority's powers to supervise the carrying out of criminal judgments under the Law of the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
لا تخل الأحكام الواردة في هذا الباب باختصاصات الهيئة في الإشراف على تنفيذ الأحكام الجزائية وفقاً لنظام هيئة التحقيق والادعاء العام.
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 171 explained in plain English
This article of the Implementing Regulations of the Criminal Procedure Law preserves the role of the Authority in supervising the carrying out of criminal judgments. Under the definition in Article 1 of the Regulations, the Authority is the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution.
Content of the article: the provisions in this Part, which is Part Eight on enforceable judgments and the procedures and rules for carrying them out, do not prejudice the Authority's powers to supervise the carrying out of criminal judgments under the Law of the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution.
"Do not prejudice" means that what the Part provides by way of procedures, such as the administrative governor determining who carries out the sentence, forming committees to witness execution, and drawing up execution records, is not to be understood as reducing the powers set for the Authority in its law.
This article does not set out those powers in detail; it refers to the Law of the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution for them.
The Authority's role appears in several articles of this Part. Article 156 requires a member of the Authority and a specialist doctor to attend, in addition to the committee, when death, amputation, stoning, or retaliation sentences are carried out. Article 165 allows the member of the Authority supervising the execution to stop flogging if it appears to him unsuitable in severity or weakness. Article 168 makes the name of the supervising member of the Authority one of the details of the execution record and requires that he be supplied with a copy. Article 170 also provides for applying the relevant rules and instructions on execution where there is no specific provision.
Anyone with an observation about the carrying out of a judgment is advised to consult a lawyer who specializes in criminal cases.
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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Frequently asked questions about Article 171 of the Saudi Implementing Regulations of the Criminal Procedure Law
Does the Authority have a role in supervising the carrying out of criminal judgments?
Yes. The article provides that the provisions of the execution Part do not prejudice the Authority's powers to supervise the carrying out of criminal judgments under its law.
What is meant by the Authority in the Regulations?
The Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution, under the definition in Article 1 of the Regulations.
More articles on Executing Criminal Judgments
- Article 149
This article of the Regulations allows any party to request reconsideration of a final judgment imposing a penalty even after it is executed or the penalty lapses, and requires both judgments to be final for a contradiction to arise.
1- يحق لأيٍّ من الخصوم طلب إعادة النظر في الحكم النهائي الصادر بالعقوبة ولو بعد تنفيذه، أو سقـوط العقوبة بالعفو أو الصلح أو وفاة المحكوم عليه. 2 - يُشترط لتحقق
- Article 150
This article of the Regulations requires an order to stay execution of a judgment issued under Article 206 of the Law to be recorded in the case record and notified immediately to the execution authority by official letter.
إذا صدر أمر إيقاف تنفيذ الحكم - وفقا للمادة (السادسة بعد المائتين) من النظام - فيدون في ضبط الدعوى، ويبلغ فوراً إلى جهة التنفيذ بكتاب رسمي.
- Article 151
If part of a criminal judgment becomes final but another part does not, a certified copy is sent to the execution authority to execute only the final part.
إذا صدر الحكم في دعوى اشتملت على حقٍّ عامٍّ وحقٍّ خاصٍّ واكتسب الحكم الصفة القطعية في أحدهما دون الآخر، أو صدر الحكم في دعوى واكتسب صفة القطعية في بعضه دون بعض،
- Article 152
The article requires the court to notify the detention administration in writing of the substance of its judgment in the cases provided for in Article 213 of the Law, so the detained accused is released at once.
تُبلِّغ المحكمةُ كتابةً إدارةَ التوقيف بمضمون الحكم الذي أصدرته في الحالات المنصوص عليها في المادة (الثالثة عشرة بعد المائتين) من النظام للإفراج عن المتهم الموق
- Article 153
The article explains when a new prison sentence starts if the stay of an earlier sentence is cancelled, to whom the cancellation request is made, and that part of a discretionary prison sentence may be stayed.
1- إذا نُص في الحكم على وقف تنفيذ عقوبة السجن التعزيرية في الحق العام، وارتكب المحكوم عليه جريمة خلال المدة المشار إليها في الفقرة (2) من المادة (الرابعة عشرة ب
- Article 154
Orders to carry out criminal sentences are issued by the administrative governor, except for sentences whose execution requires an order from the King or his delegate.
فيما عدا الأحكام الجزائية التي يكون تنفيذها بعد صدور أمر من الملك أو ممن ينيبه، يصدر أمر تنفيذ الأحكام الجزائية من الحاكم الإداري.
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