Article 25 of the Saudi General Warehouses Law

This article identifies who carries out judicial enforcement (detection of violations) under the Law.

Who are they? Employees appointed by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, drawn from among the staff of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the municipalities.

What is their capacity? They have the capacity of judicial police officers, meaning they handle the detection of violations relating to the application of the provisions of this Law.

Not every employee of these bodies is a judicial police officer, only those the Minister appoints for this purpose. The article does not detail these employees' powers or the enforcement procedures; it simply grants them this capacity within the scope of applying the Law's provisions.

This article is part of the group of procedural provisions in the Law:

• Article 24 makes the Board of Grievances competent to decide disputes arising from the application of the Law's provisions.
• This article gives the capacity of judicial police officers to employees appointed by the Minister.
• Article 26 assigns investigation and public prosecution of violations of the Law's provisions before the Board of Grievances to the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution.

In practical terms, a general warehouse may deal with employees holding this capacity when violations are detected. Anyone found to have committed a violation of this Law may consult a lawyer specializing in commercial cases to assess their position.