Article 104 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
المادة 104 من نظام خدمة الضباط · الفصل الأول: بدل الانتداب
The article requires the means of transport for a seconded officer, his wife and children and their personal belongings, or their cost, to be provided by the nearest route to the place of secondment, if the mission lasts three months or more, under Articles 47 and 48.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
تؤمن الوسائط النقلية اللازمة لنقل الضابط وزوجته وأولاده مع أمتعتهم الشخصية أو أجورها من أقرب طريق من مقر عمله إلى مكان انتدابه إذا كانت مدة المهمة المنتدب إليها ثلاثة أشهر فما فوق وفقاً للأحكام المنصوص عليها في المادتين (48،47).
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 104 explained in plain English
This article regulates transporting the family of a seconded officer in a long secondment. Its provisions are:
- The condition: the mission he is seconded to must last three months or more.
- Those covered: the officer, his wife and his children.
- What is transported: the persons with their personal belongings.
- The means: providing the necessary means of transport, or their cost.
- The route: by the nearest route from his place of work to the place of his secondment.
- The framework: in accordance with the provisions stated in Articles 47 and 48.
The practical meaning is that an officer seconded to a long mission does not have to leave his family or bear the cost of transporting it; if the mission lasts three months or more, his family and their belongings are transported at the body's expense, as Articles 47 and 48 provide.
Note that the article limits those covered to the wife and children. If the mission is less than three months, this ruling does not apply to it.
The details on classes and amounts are found in Articles 47 and 48, according to the reference in the text. An officer for whom these means are not provided despite meeting the condition may consult a lawyer specializing in administrative cases and military service matters.
Practical example
Major Khalid was seconded to a mission in another city lasting five months. Because the period exceeds three months, the body provides the means of transport for him, his wife and his children and their personal belongings, or their cost, by the nearest route, under Articles 47 and 48.
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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Frequently asked questions about Article 104 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
Is a seconded officer's family transported at the body's expense?
Yes. If the mission lasts three months or more, the means of transport for the officer, his wife, his children and their belongings, or their cost, are provided under Articles 47 and 48.
Does the ruling apply to a short secondment?
The article requires the mission to last three months or more.
Articles this article refers to
- Article 47
The Article requires providing an appointed or transferred officer, his wife, children and parents with transport by the nearest route to his new place, or travel tickets: first class for major and above, tourist class for captain and below.
تؤمن للضابط المعين أو المنقول الوسائط النقلية اللازمة لنقله وزوجته وأولاده ووالديه من أقرب طريق من مقر عمله الأصلي إلى مكانه الجديد ، فإذا لم تؤمن له وسائط النق
- Article 48Amended (1405 AH)
The Article grants an appointed, transferred, attached or study-mission officer (for more than six months) two months' salary for moving his belongings, in addition to what Article 47 provides.
بالإضافة إلى ماسبق في المادة (47) يصرف لنقل امتعة الضابط المعين أو المنقول والملحق والمبتعث لمدة تزيد عن ستة أشهر راتب شهرين.
More articles on Officer Assignment and Field Per Diem
- Article 105
The article specifies who issues secondment decisions: the Minister for secondment outside the Kingdom for any period or inside it for three months or more, and the Chief of the General Staff for secondment inside the Kingdom of less than three months, for all ranks.
تصدر قرارات الانتداب : أ- من الوزير إذا كان الانتداب خارج المملكة لأي مدة أو داخلها لمدة ثلاثة أشهر فأكثر. ب- من رئيس هيئة الأركان العامة إذا كانت مدة الانتداب
- Article 106
The article requires the means of transport for a seconded officer's round trip to be provided according to the classes in Article 47, except that an officer seconded with an official delegation travels first class whatever his rank.
تؤمن الوسائط النقلية اللازمة لنقل الضابط المنتدب مرجعاً وفقاً للدرجات المنوه عنها بالمادة (47) من هذا النظَام إلا إذا كان الضباط منتدباً مع وفد رسمي فيجري إركاب
- Article 108Amended (1406 AH)
The article sets a field daily allowance of SAR 15 a day for officers during maneuvers, exercises and projects, on conditions: company-level units or above, a duration of 72 hours to 45 days, field conditions, and no combining with the secondment allowance.
تصرف يومية الميدان لضباط القوات المسلحة أثناء المناورات والتمرينات الجماعية والمشاريع بمعدل خمسة عشر ريالا يوميا ويراعى لصرف هذه اليومية ما يلي :- أ- تصرف للقوا
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