Article 21 of the Saudi Housing Support Regulation
المادة 21 من تنظيم الدعم السكني · الفصل الخامس: صحة المعلومات
The article requires the applicant and beneficiary to ensure the accuracy, precision and completeness of all information and documents submitted and not to conceal any information that must be disclosed.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
يجب على المتقدم والمستفيد - بحسب الأحوال - ضمان صحة ودقة واكتمال جميع المعلومات والبيانات والمستندات المقدمة بموجب أحكام هذا التنظيم واللائحة ـ سواء في طلب الدعم السكني أم غير ذلك - والالتزام بعدم إخفاء أي معلومة يجب الإفصاح عنها بموجب أحكام هذا التنظيم واللائحة.
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 21 explained in plain English
This article places a duty of honesty and disclosure on everyone dealing with the Ministry on housing support:
- The duty covers the applicant before obtaining support and the beneficiary after obtaining it, as the case may be.
- The accuracy, precision and completeness of all the information, data and documents submitted under the Regulation and the Implementing Regulations must be ensured.
- This is not limited to the support application itself but covers any information submitted afterwards («whether in the housing support application or otherwise»).
- Any information that must be disclosed under the Regulation and the Implementing Regulations must not be concealed.
The duty here is threefold: accuracy (the information must not be wrong), precision (it must not be misleading), and completeness (nothing may be missing). It is matched by a negative duty of non-concealment.
Article 22 follows to set out the sanction for breaching this duty, such as cancelling the application, recovering the support or the whole loan amount falling due, with referral to the competent bodies permitted. Note that the duty is continuing and does not end with obtaining the support, because the text names the beneficiary alongside the applicant.
Practical example
Noura submitted a housing support application and did not mention that she owns a residential plot, although disclosing that is required. This is concealing information that must be disclosed, contrary to this article, and may expose her to the sanctions in Article 22.
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 21 of the Saudi Housing Support Regulation
Am I responsible for the accuracy of my housing support application data?
Yes. The applicant and beneficiary must ensure the accuracy, precision and completeness of all the information and documents submitted.
Does the duty extend to after obtaining support?
Yes. It covers the beneficiary as well, and any information submitted whether in the support application or otherwise.
More articles on Misleading Information in Housing Support and Grievances
- Article 22
The article provides that submitting misleading, incorrect or incomplete material information, concealing it, or using deception results in cancelling the application, recovering the support or the whole loan falling due, with referral to the competent bodies permitted.
1 - يترتب على تقديم معلومات أو مستندات أو بيانات جوهرية مضللة أو غير صحيحة أو غير مكتملة ـ سواء في طلب الدعم السكني أم غير ذلك ـ أو إخفاء أي معلومة جوهرية يجب ا
- Article 23
The article allows anyone subject to a decision or measure the Ministry takes under the Regulation to file a grievance within 60 days of notification before a committee in the Ministry, and then file a grievance against the committee's decisions before the Board of Grievances.
يجوز لمن صدر في شأنه قرار أو أي إجراء تتخذه الوزارة بموجب هذا التنظيم أو اللائحة التظلم منه - خلال ستين يومًا من تاريخ إبلاغه - أمام لجنة تشكل في الوزارة لهذا ا
- Article 24
The article requires the Minister to issue the Implementing Regulations within sixty days of the Regulation's publication, publish them in the Official Gazette, and apply them from the date the Regulation takes effect.
يصدر الوزير اللائحة خلال ستين يوماً من تاريخ نشر هذا التنظيم، وتنشر في الجريدة الرسمية، ويعمل بها من تاريخ نفاذ هذا التنظيم.
- Article 25
The article provides that the Housing Support Regulation takes effect sixty days after the date of its publication.
يعمل بهذا التنظيم بعد مضي ستين يوماً من تاريخ نشره.
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