Article 46 of the Saudi Enforcement Law
المادة 46 من نظام التنفيذ · الباب الخامس: منازعة التنفيذ والاعتراض على إجراءات التنفيذ
Any interested person may submit a grievance against enforcement orders and decisions within 10 working days to the president of the court or whoever the Council designates, and the decision on the grievance is final.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
1- لكل ذي مصلحة أن يتظلم من الأوامر والقرارات المتعلقة بإجراءات التنفيذ -التي تحددها اللائحة- الصادرة من المحكمة أو الإدارة المختصة أو القطاع الخاص.
2- يكون التظلم والفصل فيه لدى رئيس المحكمة أو من يحدده المجلس، خلال (عشرة) أيام عمل من اليوم التالي لتاريخ إتاحة الاطلاع على القرار أو الأمر وفق ما تحدده اللائحة. ويجوز لرئيس المحكمة أو من يحدده المجلس -بحسب الحال- إيقاف تنفيذ الأمر أو القرار المتظّلم منه متى تحققت المصلحة في ذلك إلى حين البت في التظلم، ويترتب على إيقاف تنفيذ الأمر أو القرار توقف جميع الإجراءات والمهل المتعلقة به.
3- في جميع الأحوال، يكون القرار الصادر في شأن التظلم المنصوص عليه في هذه المادة نهائيًّا.
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 46 explained in plain English
This article governs the grievance against enforcement procedures:
- Subject of the grievance: Orders and decisions relating to the enforcement procedures that the Implementing Regulations specify, whether issued by the court, the competent administration or the private sector. The grievance is thus against those of these orders and decisions that the Implementing Regulations specify.
- Who may submit it: Any interested person.
- Where it is submitted: The grievance is submitted to, and decided by, the president of the court or whoever the Council designates.
- Period: 10 working days from the day after the date the decision or order was made available for viewing, as the Implementing Regulations specify.
- Temporary suspension: The president of the court or whoever the Council designates may suspend execution of the order or decision complained of, where the interest so requires, until the grievance is decided. Suspension stops all procedures and periods relating to it.
- Finality of the decision: The decision issued on the grievance is final in all cases.
The grievance differs from the enforcement dispute governed by Article 45: the dispute concerns the validity of the enforceable instrument, the conditions of its enforcement or the court's jurisdiction to enforce it, and the court decides it under the provisions governing urgent cases. Article 47 also provides that a grievance against any procedure does not prevent enforcement procedures from continuing, unless the person competent to hear the grievance decides otherwise.
Because the period is set in working days and starts from the day after the date of availability for viewing, a person wishing to submit a grievance should pay attention to that date.
Practical example
A decision was issued by the competent administration in one of the enforcement procedures against Khaled; it was one of the decisions the Implementing Regulations specify, and it was made available for him to view on Sunday. He may submit a grievance against it within 10 working days starting from Monday, and the president of the court or whoever the Council designates may suspend execution of the decision until the grievance is decided if the interest so requires.
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 46 of the Saudi Enforcement Law
What is the period for a grievance against enforcement procedures?
10 working days from the day after the date the decision or order was made available for viewing, as the Implementing Regulations specify.
To whom is a grievance against enforcement decisions submitted?
To the president of the court or whoever the Council designates, who also decides it.
Does a grievance suspend execution of the decision?
The president of the court or whoever the Council designates may suspend execution of the order or decision complained of, where the interest so requires, until the grievance is decided.
Can the decision issued on a grievance be challenged?
No. The decision issued on the grievance is final in all cases.
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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 44
The article provides that all court orders and decisions are final, except as the Law specifies.
فيما عدا ما حدده النظام، تكون جميع أوامر وقرارات المحكمة نهائية.
The texts are reproduced from the official website of the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers for reference; where they differ, the officially published Arabic text prevails. This content is not legal advice.