Article 3 of the Saudi Ministers Trial Law

After Article 2 stated that the crimes of high treason are punished by 25 years' imprisonment or death, this article specifies which acts count as high treason. They are:

• Bearing arms against the State.
• Assisting another state in hostile acts against the State.
• Facilitating the enemy's entry into the country.
• Handing over to the enemy cities, fortresses, facilities, sites, ports, factories, ships, aircraft, equipment, ammunition, supplies and routes of communication.
• Inciting soldiers or civilians to join the enemy.
• Helping the enemy's advance by stirring up sedition and spreading panic by various means.
• Disclosing the country's defense secrets and delivering them to a foreign state, personally or through an intermediary, that is, whether he does so himself or through another person.

The article is also connected to Article 4, which punishes other acts with imprisonment of 5 to 10 years, such as plotting with a foreign state to push it into aggression, and then provides that in a state of war those acts fall within paragraph (b) of this article, that is, assisting another state in hostile acts against the State.

This is a general explanation of the text and not an opinion on a particular case; anyone who needs an assessment of a specific situation should consult a lawyer who specializes in criminal and administrative matters.