Article 96 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
المادة 96 من نظام خدمة الضباط · الفصل الثالث: الإجازة المرضية
The article gives an officer injured at work and because of it sick leave of a year and a half at full salary, after which his case goes to the medical committee to recommend retirement or an extension at half 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 الذي يصاب بجرح أو مرض – يمنعه من أداء عمله بصفة مؤقتة، ويكون ذلك أثناء عمله وبسببه – إجازة مرضية بدلاً من الإجازة المنصوص عليها في المادة (95) مدتها سنة ونصف السنة براتب كامل، فإن لم يعد إلى عمله بعد انتهاء هذه المدة يعرض أمره على اللجنة الطبية لتقرر إما التوصية بإحالته إلى التقاعد أو تمديد إجازته مع تحديد المدة الإضافية، ويصرف له في هذه الحالة نصف الراتب
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 96 explained in plain English
This article regulates an officer's work-injury leave, and its conditions are:
- The officer must suffer a wound or illness.
- It must temporarily prevent him from performing his work.
- It must occur during his work and because of it.
The ruling: he is entitled to sick leave in place of the leave provided for in Article 95, lasting a year and a half at full salary. Article 95 provides for ordinary illness twelve months at actual salary and six months at half of it within three years; an officer injured during work and because of it receives a period of similar length but all of it at full salary.
After the period ends: if he has not returned to his work, his case is referred to the medical committee to decide one of two things:
- to recommend his referral to retirement.
- or to extend his leave, specifying the additional period, in which case he is paid half salary.
The essential difference between this leave and ordinary sick leave is the condition that the injury occur both during work and because of it; it is not enough that it occur during work without being because of it. This wording is in force by Royal Decree No. (M/37) dated 26/9/1423 AH.
An officer injured during his work who wants to prove that the injury was because of work may consult a lawyer specializing in administrative cases and military service matters.
Practical example
First Lieutenant Saud suffered a fracture during an official military exercise that temporarily prevented him from working. He is entitled to sick leave of a year and a half at full salary instead of ordinary sick leave. If he does not recover after that, his case is referred to the medical committee to recommend his referral to retirement or an extension of his leave 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 96 of the Saudi Officers Service Law
How long is an officer's work-injury leave?
A year and a half at full salary, if the injury was during work and because of it.
What happens if the officer has not recovered after a year and a half?
His case is referred to the medical committee, which decides whether to recommend his referral to retirement or to extend his leave, specifying the period, and he is paid half salary during the extension.
What is the difference between work-injury leave and ordinary sick leave?
Injury leave is for an officer injured during his work and because of it, and lasts a year and a half at full salary instead of the leave in Article 95.
Amendment history
Royal Decree No. M/37 — 26/9/1423 AH
Official amendment text (Arabic)
- عُّدلت هذه المادة وذلك بموجب المرسوم الملكي رقم (م/37) وتاريخ 1423/9/26هـ، ليكون نصها كالآتي: "يستحق الضابط الذي يصاب بجرح أو مرض – يمنعه من أداء عمله بصفة مؤقتة، ويكون ذلك أثناء عمله وبسببه – إجازة مرضية بدلاً من الإجازة المنصوص عليها في المادة (95) مدتها سنة ونصف السنة براتب كامل، فإن لم يعد إلى عمله بعد انتهاء هذه المدة يعرض أمره على اللجنة الطبية لتقرر إما التوصية بإحالته إلى التقاعد أو تمديد إجازته مع تحديد المدة الإضافية، ويصرف له في هذه الحالة نصف الراتب".
Original text before the amendments (Arabic)
يستحق الضابط الذي يصاب بجرح أو مرض - يمنعه من أداء عمله بصفة مؤقتة ، ويكون ذلك أثناء عمله وبسببه - إجازة مرضية بدلاً من الإجازة المنصوص عليها في المادة (95) مدتها اثنى عشر شهرا بالراتب الفعلي وستة اشهر بنصف الراتب .
Articles this article refers to
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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