Article 95 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
المادة 95 من نظام خدمة الضباط · الفصل الثالث: الإجازة المرضية
The article gives an officer sick leave in each three-year period of twelve months at actual salary and six months at half of actual salary.
Official text after amendments (Arabic)
Compiled from the original text and every officially published amendment; the amendments are shown in full below for comparison.
يستحق الضابط إجازة مرضية، في مدة ثلاث سنوات، مدتها اثنا عشر شهراً بالراتب الفعلي، وستة أشهر بنصف الراتب الفعلي
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 95 explained in plain English
This article regulates an officer's sick leave, and sets its balance over a three-year period as follows:
- twelve months at actual salary.
- six months at half of actual salary.
So the total sick leave an officer may be entitled to over three years is eighteen months: the first twelve at his full actual salary, and the next six at half of it.
The practical meaning is that the balance is calculated over three years, not one year, so for an officer who needed long sick leave in one year, what he has used during the three-year period is looked at. The calculation is based on actual salary as stated in the text.
This wording is in force by Royal Decree No. (M/34) dated 8/7/1426 AH.
The article does not specify how the three-year period is calculated (from what date it begins), nor what follows after the eighteen months are used up, nor the procedures for proving illness.
An officer who has used up his balance or has a dispute over how it is calculated may consult a lawyer specializing in administrative cases and military service matters.
Practical example
Captain Fahd fell ill and needed long treatment, so he took fourteen months of sick leave within three years. The first twelve months are paid at his full actual salary, and the next two at half of actual salary, leaving four months of the balance at half salary.
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 95 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
How long is an officer's sick leave?
In a period of three years: twelve months at actual salary and six months at half of actual salary.
Is an officer's salary paid in full during sick leave?
It is paid in full for the first twelve months within three years, then at half for six months.
Amendment history
Royal Decree No. M/34 — 8/7/1426 AH
Official amendment text (Arabic)
- عُّدلت هذه المادة وذلك بموجب المرسوم الملكي رقم (م/34) وتاريخ 1426/7/8هـ، لتصبح بالنص الآتي: "يستحق الضابط إجازة مرضية، في مدة ثلاث سنوات، مدتها اثنا عشر شهراً بالراتب الفعلي، وستة أشهر بنصف الراتب الفعلي".
Original text before the amendments (Arabic)
يستحق الضابط إجازة مرضية ، في مدة ثلاث سنوات قدرها ثلاثة اشهر بالراتب الفعلي . وثلاثة اشهر بنصف الراتب وثلاثة اشهر بربع الراتب وستة اشهر بدون راتب .
More articles on Officer Leave
- Article 87Amended by M/28
The Article lists the types of officers' leave: ordinary, casual, field, exceptional, sick and study-accompaniment leave.
الإجازات هي: اعتيادية، عرضية، ميدانية، استثنائية، مرضية، مرافقة دراسية
- Article 88
The Article gives an officer ordinary leave of 45 days a year, the first after one year from appointment with 15 days allowed after six months, and permits combining leave subject to a limit of 90 days taken in a year.
1- يستحق الضابط إجازة اعتيادية مدتها خمسة وأربعون يوماً في السنة ويمنح الضابط أولى إجازاته بعد مضي سنة من بدء تعيينه، على أنه يمكن أن يحصل على مدة خمسة عشر يوما
- Article 89
The article states who grants ordinary leave to officers: the Minister for leave outside the Kingdom, who may delegate this to the Chief of the General Staff, and heads of bodies, commanders and directors for leave inside it, with the Officers Affairs Department notified.
تعطى الإجازات الاعتيادية للضباط على الوجه الآتي : 1- خارج المملكة بموافقة الوزير ويجوز للوزير تخويل هذه الصلاحية لرئيس هيئة الأركان العامة. 2- داخل المملكة من ق
- Article 90
The article allows whoever has power to grant leave to shorten, postpone or cut it for service reasons, and compensates an officer whose leave is cut before he has taken two-thirds of it for his travel and his family's return, with the remainder preserved in both cases.
يجوز لمن يملك سلطة إعطاء الإجازة تقصيرها أو تأجيلها أو قطعها لأسباب تقتضيها ظروف الخدمة في القوات المسلحة ، وإذا اقتضت الظروف قطع إجازة الضابط الاعتيادية ولم يك
- Article 91
The article gives an officer on ordinary leave the right to a half-fare round-trip ticket for himself, his wife and his children on Saudi Arabian Airlines, within its network inside and outside the Kingdom, once a year.
يحق للضابط الذي يتمتع بإجازة اعتيادية أن يحصل على تذكرة إركاب مرجعاً بنصف الأجرة له ولزوجته وأولاده على طائرة مؤسسة الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية وفي حدود ما ت
- Article 92
The article gives an officer casual leave of up to ten days a year for emergency reasons, granted as under Article 89, and the right to it lapses at the end of the year.
الإجازة العرضية 1- يمنح الضابط إجازة عرضية لمدة لا تزيد على عشرة أيام في السنة لأسباب طارئة وتمنح هذه الإجازة طبقاً لما هو محدد بالمادة (89). 2- يسقط الحق بهذه
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