Article 48 of the Saudi Law of the Judiciary

المادة 48 من نظام القضاء

The article provides that the salaries of members of the judicial corps in all their grades follow their own salary scale.

Official text (Arabic)

This article has not been amended since the law was issued.

تكون رواتب أعضاء السلك القضائي بجميع درجاتهم وفقًا لسلم الرواتب الخاص بهم.

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 48 explained in plain English

This article provides that members of the judicial corps have a salary scale of their own, under which their salaries are set in all their grades, from judicial lieutenant to the highest grades.

This means that judges' salaries are set on the basis of a scale specific to members of the judicial corps, which is consistent with the special nature of the judicial post and with the Law's regulation of their grades and promotions through special provisions.

The article itself does not contain the figures of these salaries or the details of the scale or allowances. It states only the principle, so the text of the article cannot be relied on to find the salary amount of a particular grade.

The article is connected to Article 47, which regulates appointment and promotion in the grades of the judicial corps by royal order on a decision of the Supreme Judicial Council, and makes promotion by absolute seniority, then efficiency, then age. It is also connected to Article 49, which provides that the decision to second or loan a member of the judicial corps outside the corps sets the remuneration due to the seconded or loaned judge.

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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