Article 13 of the Saudi Engineering Professions Law

This article adds a moral sanction to the penalties, namely publication of the judgment or decision imposing the penalty. The details are:

• What may be published: the judgment or decision imposing the penalty, provided it has become final. This covers the committee's decisions under Article 12 and the judgments of the competent court in the violations it hears.
• Discretionary nature: publication is not automatic. The text says that the judgment or decision "may" include a provision for its publication, meaning publication takes place if the judgment or decision itself provides for it.
• Cost: at the violator's expense.
• Where: in 3 local newspapers, at least one of which is published where the violator resides. If there is no newspaper in his region, then in a newspaper published in the nearest region to it.

This ties in with Article 14, under which detecting violations of the law and its regulations is carried out by Authority employees named by decision of the Minister; detection comes first, and the judgment or decision and then publication come last. The purpose of publication is deterrence and warning those who deal with the violator. Because publication depends on the judgment or decision becoming final, it does not take place while the judgment or decision is not yet final. Anyone facing a judgment or decision that includes publication would do well to consult a lawyer who specializes in administrative cases to learn the available means of objection before it becomes final.