Article 27 of the Saudi Military Retirement Law

This article deals with the case of a military member who is returned to service in a post subject to the provisions of the law, and had received for earlier service:

• compensation, an award or contributions under the previous retirement laws, or
• an award for earlier service under this law.

The rule: this period may be counted for him toward his retirement, on condition that he submits a request within one year at most from the date of his return to service.

Refunding the amounts: he must refund to the Retirement Pensions Department what he received for the period to be counted, in one of two ways:

• one payment, no later than six months from the date of submitting the request, or
• equal monthly installments deducted from his salary, with the deduction not less than 25% of his salary, starting from the date set by the Department.

If service ends before payment is completed:

• the Department has the right to collect the installments from the pension he is entitled to.
• If he is entitled to an award, the remaining installments are deducted from it in one payment.
• In the case of the death of the military member or pensioner, the heirs or beneficiaries may not be required to pay the installments.

The time limit (one year from return) matters, because the article makes the permission depend on submitting the request within it. This article follows Article 26, which concerns a pensioner returned to service, whose pension is suspended and whose later service is added to the earlier. It was amended by Royal Decree No. (M/3) dated 9/4/1411 AH. Someone who has returned to service and wants to add his earlier period should consult a lawyer who specializes in administrative cases without delay.