Article 135 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
المادة 135 من نظام خدمة الضباط · الفصل الأول: لجنة الضباط العليا
The article requires officers' committees to base their recommendations on the reports and information deposited in the officer's file.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
تبني لجان الضباط توصياتها على ضوء التقارير والمعلومات المودعة في ملف الضابط.
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 135 explained in plain English
This article identifies the basis on which officers' committees build their recommendations, which is the reports and information deposited in the officer's file.
Note that the text says "officers' committees" in general terms, so it covers both the Senior Officers Committee and the officers' subcommittees.
The importance of this provision for the officer:
- What is kept in his file in the way of reports and information is the reference on which recommendations are built in the matters the committees consider, such as promotion, transfer and dispensing with service.
- Keeping track of what is deposited in the file has a practical effect on his career.
This is connected to Article 134, which gives the Minister the power to approve the Senior Officers Committee's recommendations, return them, amend them, or issue his decision on them directly, and to Article 136, which treats the deliberations and recommendations of officers' committees as confidential and does not permit any recommendation to be announced or published until it has been ratified.
The article does not specify the types of reports deposited in the file; that is regulated by other articles of the Law that do not appear here.
To assess the position of a particular officer, it is advisable to consult a lawyer specializing in administrative cases.
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 135 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
On what basis do officers' committees build their recommendations?
On the basis of the reports and information deposited in the officer's file.
Does the provision cover the subcommittees?
The text speaks of officers' committees in general terms.
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.