Article 44 of the Saudi Enforcement Law
المادة 44 من نظام التنفيذ · الباب الخامس: منازعة التنفيذ والاعتراض على إجراءات التنفيذ
The article provides that all court orders and decisions are final, except as the Law specifies.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
فيما عدا ما حدده النظام، تكون جميع أوامر وقرارات المحكمة نهائية.
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 44 explained in plain English
This article sets a brief general rule: all court orders and decisions are final, except as the Law specifies.
This means the rule for orders and decisions the court issues under the Law is that they are final, unless a provision of the Law gives them a different ruling, for example by making them subject to objection.
Examples of exceptions in the neighboring articles include:
- Article 43: makes the court's decision ending the enforcement request, because it is established that the enforcement debtor has no property or because enforcement is impossible, subject to objection under the procedures governing that.
- Article 45: governs the enforcement dispute brought by an interested person concerning the validity of the enforceable instrument, the conditions of its enforcement or the court's jurisdiction to enforce it, which the court decides under the provisions governing urgent cases. It gives the Council the power to specify the enforcement disputes in which appeal against judgments is not permitted, and the disputes whose judgments may be objected to by cassation.
A person against whom a court order or decision has been issued and who wishes to object to it must therefore first verify that a provision of the Law permits this, and may seek the help of a lawyer specialized in enforcement 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 44 of the Saudi Enforcement Law
Are enforcement court orders and decisions final?
Yes. As a rule, all court orders and decisions are final, except as the Law specifies.
Can the decision ending an enforcement request be objected to?
Article 43 makes the decision ending the request, because it is established that the enforcement debtor has no property or because enforcement is impossible, subject to objection under the procedures governing that.
More articles on Enforcement Disputes and Appeals
- Article 13
The article governs registering the enforcement request with the competent department, gives the applicant 10 working days to complete any shortfall, and 10 working days to file a grievance if the request is treated as rejected.
1- تقيّد الإدارة المختصة طلب التنفيذ بعد تحققها من استيفائه المتطلبات المنصوص عليها في النظام واللائحة، وذلك وفقًا للإجراءات والنماذج التي تحددها الوزارة. 2- إذ
- Article 32
The enforcement debtor bears enforcement expenses unless someone else caused them; the applicant bears them if he ends his request in two specified cases, and enforcement procedures stop if they are not paid.
1- دون إخلال بما ورد في الفقرة (2) من هذه المادة، يتحمّل المنفذ ضده مصروفات التنفيذ، ما لم يكن سبب مصروفات التنفيذ عائدًا لغيره؛ فيتحملها المتسبب بقرار تصدره ال
- Article 35
If enforcement proceeds are insufficient, the court records the parties' amicable agreement on distribution; if they do not agree, it distributes with priority to preferred debts, and its order may be objected to.
إذا كانت حصيلة التنفيذ لا تكفي للوفاء بحقوق طالبي التنفيذ الحاجزين ومن يُعَدُّ طرفًا في إجراءات التنفيذ وفقًا لأحكام النظام، فتتخذ المحكمة الآتي: 1- إذا اتفق طا
- Article 42
The enforcement applicant must end his request once the right that is the subject of the enforceable instrument has been satisfied, within the period the Implementing Regulations set.
على طالب التنفيذ إنهاء طلبه بعد استيفاء الحق محل السند التنفيذي، وذلك خلال المدة التي تحددها اللائحة.
- Article 43
The article lists six cases in which an enforcement request ends, and preserves the creditor's right to resume the request in four of them if there is a justification.
1- ينتهي طلب التنفيذ في الأحوال الآتية: أ- إذا استوفي الحق محل السند التنفيذي. ب- إذا ثبت للمحكمة عدم وجود أموال للمنفذ ضده. وتصدر المحكمة قرارًا بإنهاء طلب الت
- Article 45
The article lets any interested person bring an enforcement dispute about the validity of the instrument, the conditions of its enforcement or the court's jurisdiction, which the court decides under the provisions on urgent cases.
1- دون إخلال بما نصت عليه الفقرة (2) من المادة (الرابعة) من النظام، لمن له مصلحة من أطراف التنفيذ أو من غيرهم أن يتقدم بمنازعة تنفيذ تتعلق بصحة السند التنفيذي أ
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