Article 10 of the Saudi Money Counterfeiting Law

This Article offers an incentive to cooperate with the authorities to uncover counterfeiting networks.

Who is exempted? The persons who committed the crimes provided for in this Law.

Conditions of exemption (all must be met):

1. they inform the competent authorities of those acts before they are completed.
2. they facilitate the arrest of their remaining accomplices.

How is the exemption made? By royal order, on the proposal of the Prime Minister. The exemption does not occur automatically once the two conditions are met, but needs a royal order to be issued.

The practical meaning is that someone who became involved in a counterfeiting operation, then reported it before it was completed and helped arrest his accomplices, may be exempted from punishment by the route set out in the Article. Reporting after the crime is complete, or reporting without helping arrest the accomplices, does not fall within this text.

This Article is connected to Article 9, which provides for punishing these crimes inside and outside the Kingdom, and Article 11 on confiscating counterfeit money and the instruments of the crime.

To assess the position of a particular person or to defend in a pending case, it is advisable to consult a lawyer specializing in criminal matters.