Article 1 of the Saudi Enforcement Law
المادة 1 من نظام التنفيذ · الباب الأول: أحكام عامة
The article defines the terms used in the Enforcement Law, such as the court, the competent department, the competent force, direct enforcement and enforcement expenses.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
يُقصد بالألفاظ والعبارات الآتية -أينما وردت في هذا النظام- المعاني المبيّـنة أمام كل منها، ما لم يقتض السياق غير ذلك:
النظام: نظام التنفيذ.
اللائحة: اللائحة التنفيذية للنظام.
المجلس: المجلس الأعلى للقضاء.
الوزارة: وزارة العدل.
الوزير: وزير العدل.
المحكمة: محكمة التنفيذ.
الإدارة المختصة: الوحدة الإدارية في الوزارة أو في المحكمة المعنية بمباشرة إجراء من إجراءات التنفيذ وفقًا لما ورد في النظام واللائحة.
الجهة المختصة: الجهة العامة المختصة نظامًا بأعمال ذات صلة بالتنفيذ.
الجهة المشرفة على الأموال أو تسجيلها: الجهة العامة المختصة نظامًا بالإشراف على نوع من أنواع الأموال -سواءً أكانت ثابتة أم منقولة- أو تسجيل ملكيتها، بما في ذلك الجهة العامة المختصة بالإشراف على المؤسسات المالية والجهة العامة المختصة بالإشراف على السوق المالية.
القوة المختصة: الشرطة أو الجهة الأمنية المختصة لدعم التنفيذ باستعمال القوة الجبرية.
التنفيذ المباشر: تنفيذ السند التنفيذي متى كان محل الحق فيه أداء فعل أو امتناعًا عن فعل.
مصروفات التنفيذ: الالتزامات المالية المترتبة على إجراءات التنفيذ وفقًا للأحكام المنظمة لذلك.
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 1 explained in plain English
This article is the definitions article of the Enforcement Law. It gives the meaning intended for each term wherever it appears in the law, unless the context requires another meaning. Understanding it is essential for reading the other articles correctly.
The main definitions it sets:
- The Court: the Enforcement Court, so whenever the law mentions "the Court" the Enforcement Court is meant.
- The Implementing Regulations: the Implementing Regulations of the law, to which many articles refer for details and procedures.
- The Council, the Ministry and the Minister: the Supreme Judicial Council, the Ministry of Justice, and the Minister of Justice.
- The competent department: the administrative unit in the Ministry or in the court concerned that carries out an enforcement procedure under the law and the Implementing Regulations.
- The competent authority: the public body legally competent for work related to enforcement.
- The authority supervising or registering assets: the public body legally competent to supervise a type of asset, whether fixed or movable, or to register its ownership, expressly including the body supervising financial institutions and the body supervising the capital market.
- The competent force: the police or the competent security body that supports enforcement by using compulsory force.
- Direct enforcement: enforcement of the enforcement instrument when the subject of the right in it is performing an act or refraining from an act, not paying a sum of money.
- Enforcement expenses: the financial obligations resulting from enforcement procedures under the provisions regulating them.
These definitions are directly linked to Article 2, which sets out the composition of the court from first-instance circuits and appeal circuits, and to the later articles that oblige the competent authorities and the authorities supervising assets to respond to the court's orders.
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 1 of the Saudi Enforcement Law
What is meant by the Court in the Enforcement Law?
The Enforcement Court. Whenever the word "the Court" appears in the law, the Enforcement Court is meant, unless the context requires otherwise.
What is direct enforcement?
It is enforcement of the enforcement instrument when the subject of the right in it is performing an act or refraining from an act.
Who is the competent force in the Enforcement Law?
The police or the competent security body that supports enforcement by using compulsory force.
What is meant by enforcement expenses?
The financial obligations resulting from enforcement procedures under the provisions regulating them.
More articles on Enforcement Court and Its Jurisdiction
- Article 2
The article explains that the Enforcement Court consists of first-instance and appeal circuits, or first-instance circuits only, and says where judgments are appealed where the court has no appeal circuits.
1- تتكون المحكمة من دوائر ابتدائيّة ودوائر استئناف، أو من دوائر ابتدائيّة فقط. 2- يكون استئناف الأحكام الصادرة من الدوائر الابتدائيّة في المحكمة التي ليس فيها د
- Article 3
The article obliges all competent authorities, including those supervising or registering assets, to respond to the Enforcement Court's orders and decisions within 3 working days of being notified, unless a special provision exists.
على جميع الجهات المختصة -ومنها الجهات المشرفة على الأموال أو تسجيلها- الاستجابة لأوامر وقرارات المحكمة ذات الصلة بالتنفيذ وإجراءاته خلال مدة لا تتجاوز (ثلاثة) أ
- Article 4
The article sets the Enforcement Court's jurisdiction over supervising enforcement, compulsory enforcement and enforcement disputes, except for criminal penalties and the Board of Grievances' matters, without looking at the underlying right.
1- عدا تنفيذ العقوبات الجزائية وما تختص به محاكم ديوان المظالم، تختص المحكمة بالإشراف على التنفيذ وإجراءاته، وبالتنفيذ الجبري وإجراءاته، وتتولى الفصل في منازعات
- Article 5
The article requires the holder of an asset of the enforcement debtor, where several bodies issued attachment orders on it, to notify the body that issued the later order of the first attachment.
إذا تعددت الجهات التي أصدرت أمر الحجز على مال من أموال المنفذ ضده، فعلى المحجوز لديه المال إشعار الجهة التي أصدرت أمر الحجز اللاحق بالحجز الأول. وتحدد اللائحة ا
- Article 6
The article provides that where enforcement attachments from two judicial bodies, or from a judicial and an administrative body, meet on the enforcement debtor's assets, all his assets are treated as attached for all requests, supervised by the judicial body that attached first.
1- استثناءً من أحكام الاختصاص المنصوص عليها في النظام ونظام التنفيذ أمام ديوان المظالم والأنظمة الأخرى ذات الصلة، إذا اجتمع حجز تنفيذي من جهتين قضائيتين أو من ج
- Article 16
The article obliges the authorities supervising or registering assets, or the entities they supervise, to set up a department for enforcement orders, build ownership databases and enable electronic links with the Ministry.
على الجهة المشرفة على الأموال أو تسجيلها أو الكيانات التي تشرف عليها وفق النصوص النظامية ذات العلاقة -بحسب الأحوال- القيام بالآتي: 1- إنشاء أو تحديد إدارة (أو أ
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