Article 8 of the Saudi Public Decency Regulations

Article 8 sets the penalty for violating the Regulations and the route of challenging it:

1) The fine:

• A financial fine is imposed on anyone who violates any provision of the Regulations.
• Its maximum is five thousand riyals.
• Its amount is set according to the violations classification table provided for in Article 9, which the Ministry of Interior prepares jointly with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage and the relevant bodies, and which is issued by decision of the Minister of Interior.

2) Doubling: the amount of the fine is doubled if the same violation is repeated within one year of the date it was first committed. Doubling is conditional on the violation being the same one and on the repetition occurring within a year. The text is worded "is doubled", not "may be doubled".

3) Grievance: a person against whom a fine decision has been issued may file a grievance against it before the competent administrative court.

Paragraph (1) was amended to its current text by Council of Ministers Resolution No. (95) dated 2/2/1441 AH.

This article follows Article 7, which gives the Minister of Interior the power to determine the administrative enforcement bodies and the mechanisms for imposing penalties. Anyone fined who wishes to file a grievance before the administrative court can consult a specialized lawyer in administrative cases (the Board of Grievances).