In force
Saudi Juveniles Law Implementing Regulations
اللائحة التنفيذية لنظام الأحداث
Implementing regulations of the Juveniles Law. The text is set out in 13 articles.
- Articles
- 13
- In force
- 13
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 16/4/1442 AH
Issued by: قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (237) وتارخ 1442/4/16هـ
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
Browse Juveniles Law Implementing Regulations by topic
Articles of the Saudi Juveniles Law Implementing Regulations
- Article 1Article 1 defines the Regulations' terms, including a juvenile as anyone who has completed seven years of age but not yet eighteen, the competent juvenile court, and the Ministry's Home.
- Article 2Article 2 requires the law enforcement authorities, if they have no official document to rely on for the juvenile's age, to refer him immediately to the competent medical body to estimate his age urgently.
- Article 3Article 3 regulates recording a complaining juvenile's report and hearing his testimony in designated places in the Home away from detention, in a way that prevents being alone with him, in detail and on a form prepared with the Public Prosecution.
- Article 4Article 4 regulates arresting a juvenile: immediately notifying his guardian, placing him in the Home, banning restraints except on resistance, and informing him of the reasons for arrest and his right to a lawyer.
- Article 5Article 5, in accordance with Article 6 of the Law, provides that notice to a juvenile of unknown identity placed in the Home is valid if it is given to the Home, with the Ministry of Interior being informed.
- Article 6Article 6 requires a request to extend a juvenile's detention to be submitted before the period expires; if it expires without an extension decision or the court refuses the request, the juvenile is immediately handed to his guardian.
- Article 7Article 7 requires the necessary guarantees to be taken from the recipient when a juvenile is handed to his guardian or the person standing in his place, to ensure the juvenile is looked after and not harmed.
- Article 8Article 8 requires investigation of a juvenile to take place inside the Home in a place that makes him feel reassured, and allows the Public Prosecution to investigate outside it in his interest without psychological, social, behavioral or educational effect on him.
- Article 9Article 9 requires the Home to prepare a social report on the juvenile as soon as he is placed there, to help the judge and propose what corrects his behavior, and to submit it to the court every 15 days for 90 days and then every 30 days.
- Article 10Article 10 requires the court to set the periods for reports from the body carrying out the measures, makes social supervision include monitoring the juvenile's behavior by modern means, and allows coordination with civil associations.
- Article 11Article 11 provides that the juvenile's record in the Home, referred to in Article 19 of the Law, includes all data on the judgments issued against him.
- Article 12Article 12 gives the court, subject to paragraph 1 of Article 20 of the Law, the power to require any guarantee it sees fit according to the juvenile's condition and circumstances when granting him conditional release.
- Article 13Article 13 provides that the Regulations are published in the Official Gazette and take effect thirty days after the date of publication.