In force
Saudi E-Commerce Law
نظام التجارة الإلكترونية
The E-Commerce Law of Saudi Arabia. This page presents the official Arabic text of each article with plain-English explanations.
- Articles
- 26
- In force
- 26
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 7/11/1440 AH
Issued by: مرسوم ملكي رقم ( م/126 ) وتاريخ 1440/11/7هـ · قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (628) وتاريخ 1440/11/6هـ
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
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Articles of the Saudi E-Commerce Law
- Article 1The Article defines the key terms in the E-Commerce Law, such as merchant, practitioner, service provider, consumer, e-store and electronic advertisement.
- Article 2The Article sets who is subject to the E-Commerce Law: the service provider inside the Kingdom, the practitioner outside it who makes products or services available to consumers inside it, and the consumer.
- Article 3The Article sets the service provider's place of business: the merchant's commercial register address, and the place specified in the e-store for the practitioner, with rules for multiple places and for none.
- Article 4The Article lets a consumer who made a mistake in an electronic communication, and whose technology did not let him correct it, notify the service provider of the mistake as soon as he learns of it, which counts as correcting it under conditions.
- Article 5The Article requires the service provider not to keep consumer data longer than necessary and to protect it, and bars using it for unauthorized purposes or disclosing it without the consumer's consent.
- Article 6The Article requires the service provider to disclose in his e-store his name, address, contact means and register details if any, and whatever the Regulations specify.
- Article 7The Article requires the service provider to give the consumer a statement of the contract's provisions and terms before concluding it, covering product features, the total price, payment and delivery arrangements, and the guarantee.
- Article 8The Article requires the service provider to give the consumer an invoice after concluding the contract showing the cost of each product or service, the total price and the date and place of delivery, as the Regulations set.
- Article 9The Article requires a service provider who practices a profession that needs a license or permit to disclose the body he is registered with, his license details, his professional title and the country that granted it.
- Article 10The Article makes the electronic advertisement a supplementary contractual document binding on the parties, and requires it to include the product or service name, the service provider's name and his contact means.
- Article 11The Article bars an electronic advertisement from containing false claims or wording that deceives or misleads the consumer, or a logo or trademark the advertiser has no right to use or that is counterfeit.
- Article 12The Article allows the Ministry to require a service provider who violated the electronic advertisement provisions to remove the violation or withdraw the advertisement within one day of being notified, without prejudice to penalties.
- Article 13The article gives a consumer the right to cancel the contract within 7 days of receiving the product or contracting for the service, if unused, bearing the costs unless agreed otherwise, with specific exceptions.
- Article 14The article lets a consumer cancel and recover what was paid if the service provider delays delivery beyond 15 days or the agreed date, unless the delay is due to force majeure.
- Article 15The article requires a merchant to register its online store in the commercial register under the Commercial Register Law, and refers the rules to the Implementing Regulations.
- Article 16The article makes the Ministry the supervisor of the e-commerce sector and lets it issue the rules needed to regulate it, including authentication bodies and intermediary platforms.
- Article 17The article allows the Minister or a delegate to block a violating online store, partly or fully, in urgent cases, with the violation referred to the committee within 3 days and decided within 10 days.
- Article 18The article sets the penalties for violating the E-Commerce Law or its regulations: a warning, a fine up to SAR 1,000,000, suspension of activity, and blocking of the online store, without prejudice to a harsher penalty.
- Article 19The article provides for one or more committees formed by the Minister to consider violations and impose penalties, and covers their composition, how they decide and the criteria for choosing a penalty.
- Article 20The article allows anyone against whom a decision was issued under the E-Commerce Law to object to it before the administrative court under the Law of Procedure before the Board of Grievances.
- Article 21The article allows a penalty decision to include publishing its operative part at the violator's expense in a local newspaper or other suitable means, after the decision becomes final or the judgment acquires finality.
- Article 22The article provides that the competent court decides disputes arising from applying the E-Commerce Law, including claims for compensation.
- Article 23The article provides that employees appointed by decision of the Minister carry out oversight and inspection of e-commerce dealings and record violations of the law and its regulations.
- Article 24The article provides that whatever has no specific provision in the E-Commerce Law is governed by the Electronic Transactions Law and other relevant laws.
- Article 25The article requires the Minister to issue the Implementing Regulations within 90 days of the law's publication in the Official Gazette, to take effect from the date the law takes effect.
- Article 26The article provides that the E-Commerce Law takes effect after 90 days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
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