Article 131 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
المادة 131 من نظام خدمة الضباط · الفصل الأول: لجنة الضباط العليا
The article provides that the Senior Officers Committee exercises the competences in Article 125 and may authorize the officers' subcommittees to exercise some of them after the Minister's approval.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
تمارس هذه اللجنة الاختصاصات المنصوص عليها في المادة (125) من هذا النظَام ويحق لها تخويل لجان الضباط الفرعية بممارسة بعض هذه الاختصاصات بعد موافقة الوزير.
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 131 explained in plain English
This article contains two provisions:
- Exercising competences: the Senior Officers Committee exercises the competences set out in Article 125, including considering and recommending on the start of officers' appointment, dispensing with service and returning to it, awarding decorations, secondment and study leave, determining seniority, promoting officers from the rank of major to the rank of brigadier general, requests for reserve status, retirement and resignation, appointment to command and staff posts, and transfer.
- Authorization: the committee may authorize the officers' subcommittees to exercise some of these competences, provided that the Minister approves.
Note that the authorization:
- is limited to "some" of the competences, not all of them.
- takes place only after the Minister's approval.
This is connected to Article 130, which provides for a decision by the Chief of the General Staff organizing the conduct of the committee's work, its meetings and the determination of cases, and to Article 132, which allows the committee to summon the director of the branch or the competent formation commander when considering a matter of an officer under him, in order to be guided by his information about him. The article does not specify which competences may be authorized; that is left to the committee after the Minister's approval.
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 131 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
May the Senior Officers Committee delegate its competences?
It may authorize the officers' subcommittees to exercise some of its competences after the Minister's approval.
What competences does the Senior Committee exercise?
The competences set out in Article 125, such as appointment, promotion from major to brigadier general, transfer, and requests for retirement and resignation.
Is permission required to authorize the subcommittees?
Yes. The Minister's approval is required.
Articles this article refers to
More articles on Supreme and Branch Officers Committees
- Article 14
The article requires the officer to be informed of the content of an unsatisfactory report and to sign that he has seen it, gives him the right to object to the Officers Committee through his superior within two weeks, and makes the Committee's recommendations final once ratified.
يبلغ الضابط من قبل قائده الذي كتب عنه تقريراً غير مرض بمضمون ذلك التقرير ويوقع بالاطلاع وله الحق في تقديم اعتراضه على كل أو بعض ما ورد بالتقرير إلى لجنة الضباط
- Article 39
The Article provides that officers of all ranks are transferred outside their arm or specialty on the recommendation of the Higher Officers Committee.
يجري نقل الضباط على اختلاف رتبهم خارج السلاح أوالاختصاص بتوصية من لجنة الضباط العليا.
- Article 40Amended (1409 AH)
The Article provides that transfer and confirmation of officers within each force is on the recommendation of the Higher Officers Committee for the rank of lieutenant colonel and above, and by decision of the force commander for major and below.
يجري نقل واثبات الضباط داخل كل قوة بالقوات المسلحة على الوجه الآتي: 1- من رتبة مقدم فما فوق بتوصية من لجنة الضباط العليا. 2- من رتبة رائد فما دون بقرار من قائد
- Article 51
The Article provides that, absent another provision, transfer, appointment, confirmation, attachment and loan under Chapters One and Two of Part Five are by decision of the Minister on the recommendation of the Higher Officers Committee.
فيما لم يرد به نص آخر فإن النقل والتعيين والإثبات والإلحاق والإعارة المنصوص عليها بالفصل الأول والثاني من الباب الخامس من هذا النظَام يتم بقرار من الوزير بناءً
- Article 125
The article lists the matters the Senior Officers Committee considers and makes recommendations on, including appointment, discharge, promotion from major to brigadier general, transfer, secondment and retirement.
تنظر لجنة الضباط العليا وتوصي بالمسائل الآتية : أ- بدء تعيين الضباط بالقوات المسلحة. ب- الاستغناء عن الخدمة والإعادة إليها. ج- منح الأوسمة. د- اختيار أعضاء البع
- Article 126
The article requires the Senior Officers Committee to meet when called by its chairman at least once every fifteen days, with meetings valid when more than half its members attend, including the chairman.
تجتمع اللجنة العليا بدعوة من رئيسها ، ويجب أن تنعقد مرة واحدة كل خمسة عشر يوماً على الأقل وتكون اجتماعاتها نظَامية عند حضور أكثر من نصف أعضائها من بينهم الرئيس.
The texts are reproduced from the official website of the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers for reference; where they differ, the officially published Arabic text prevails. This content is not legal advice.