Article 45 of the Saudi Enforcement Law

المادة 45 من نظام التنفيذ · الباب الخامس: منازعة التنفيذ والاعتراض على إجراءات التنفيذ

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.

Official text (Arabic)

This article has not been amended since the law was issued.

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 أو شروط تنفيذ السند التنفيذي أو اختصاص المحكمة بتنفيذه.

2- تفصل المحكمة في منازعة التنفيذ وفقًا للأحكام المنظمة للدعاوى المستعجلة والإجراءات التي تحددها اللائحة.

3- يحدد المجلس منازعات التنفيذ التي لا يجوز استئناف الأحكام الصادرة فيها.

4- يكون الحكم الصادر من دوائر الاستئناف، في الأحكام الصادرة في منازعات التنفيذ التي يجوز استئنافها؛ غير قابل للاعتراض عليه بطريق النقض.

5- استثناءً من الحكم الوارد في الفقرة (4) من هذه المادة، للمجلس أن يحدد منازعات التنفيذ التي يجوز الاعتراض على الأحكام الصادرة فيها بطريق النقض.

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 45 explained in plain English

This article governs the enforcement dispute:

Who may bring it: Any person with an interest, whether a party to the enforcement or someone else, without prejudice to paragraph (2) of Article 4 of the Law.

Its subject: The dispute concerns one of the following:

The validity of the enforceable instrument.
The conditions for enforcing the enforceable instrument.
The court's jurisdiction to enforce it.

How it is decided: The court decides the enforcement dispute under the provisions governing urgent cases, and the procedures the Implementing Regulations set.

Challenging judgments:

The Council specifies the enforcement disputes in which appeal against the judgments issued is not permitted.
In disputes whose judgments may be appealed, the judgment of the appeal circuits may not be objected to by cassation.
As an exception to that, the Council may specify the enforcement disputes in which judgments issued may be objected to by cassation.

The enforcement dispute differs from the grievance governed by Article 46: the grievance is against orders and decisions relating to the enforcement procedures that the Implementing Regulations specify, and is submitted to the president of the court or whoever the Council designates within 10 working days. It is preceded by Article 44, which provides that all court orders and decisions are final except as the Law specifies.

Practical example

Enforcement procedures began against an establishment in Riyadh under an enforceable instrument, and the establishment considered that the conditions for enforcing the instrument were not met. It may bring an enforcement dispute, which the court decides under the provisions governing urgent cases. A person with an interest who is not a party to the enforcement may also bring an enforcement dispute.

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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