Article 158 of the Saudi Officers Service Law

المادة 158 من نظام خدمة الضباط · الباب الثاني: عشر أحكام عامة

The Minister may grant some of his powers under the Officers Service Law to the Deputy Minister and the Chief of Staff.

Official text (Arabic)

This article has not been amended since the law was issued.

يجوز للوزير منح بعض الصلاحيات المخولة له بموجب هذا النظَام إلى نائب الوزير ورئيس هيئة الأركان.

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 158 explained in plain English

This article deals with delegation of the Minister's powers. The Minister, under Article 2, is the Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General.

The text contains the following:

Permission: the Minister may grant the powers; it is left to his discretion and is not mandatory.
Scope: some of the powers vested in him under this law, not all of them.
To whom they are granted: the Deputy Minister and the Chief of Staff.

In practice this means that some decisions the law gives the Minister power over may be issued by the Deputy Minister or the Chief of Staff if the Minister grants them that power.

The article does not specify which powers may be granted, or the form of the grant; that is left to the Minister within what the law authorizes.

This article is connected with Article 159, which gives the Minister the power to issue the regulations and instructions needed to implement the law. Article 157 also provides for the treatment of retired officers and those they support under Sharia in military hospitals inside the Kingdom.

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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