Article 13 of the Saudi Rules on Expatriate Violators

Article 13 gives the Minister of Interior the power to issue the executive decisions needed to apply what is in the rules.

The purpose of this provision is that the rules set general provisions, while the details of application need decisions issued by the body responsible for implementation, and the text gave this power to the Minister of Interior.

The Minister of Interior has another role in the rules that appears in Article 12, which allows anyone against whom an administrative decision is issued by the committees referred to in Article 11 to file a grievance with the Minister of Interior within a period not exceeding thirty working days from the date he is notified of or learns of the decision. Article 14 provides for publishing the rules in the Official Gazette and their taking effect from the date of publication.

This article is a general authorization that covers what is needed to apply all the rules, so it is not limited to a particular matter. Executive decisions are by nature tools for applying the rules, so they come within the limits of what the rules contain. The text does not set the content of these decisions, so their details cannot be known from it. Anyone who needs to know the executive decisions in force on a particular matter would do well to consult a specialist lawyer in residency laws and administrative cases.