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Saudi Public Prosecution Members Regulation
لائحة أعضاء هيئة التحقيق والادعاء العام والعاملين فيها
Regulation governing the members of the Investigation and Public Prosecution Authority and its staff. The text is set out in 30 articles.
- Articles
- 30
- In force
- 30
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 22/9/1437 AH
Issued by: قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (406) بتاريخ 22 / 9 / 1437
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
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Articles of the Saudi Public Prosecution Members Regulation
- Article 1Article 1 sets eight conditions for appointing a member of the Investigation and Public Prosecution Authority, including Saudi nationality, a Sharia or law qualification, a minimum age of 22 and passing the test.
- Article 2Article 2 provides that members of the Authority undergo an intensive training program of at least six months, equivalent to one year of comparable work, with the Authority's Council setting rules for implementing it.
- Article 3Article 3 requires anyone holding the rank of investigation lieutenant, in addition to the conditions of Article 1, to have a university degree with an overall grade of at least good.
- Article 4Article 4 requires anyone holding the rank of Investigator (C) to have spent at least three years in the rank of investigation lieutenant.
- Article 5Article 5 requires anyone holding the rank of Investigator (B) to have spent at least one year as Investigator (C), or to have worked in comparable work for at least four years.
- Article 6Article 6 requires anyone holding the rank of Investigator (A) to have spent at least four years as Investigator (B), or to have worked in comparable work for at least eight years.
- Article 7Article 7 requires anyone holding the rank of Deputy Head of an Investigation and Prosecution Department (B) to have spent at least three years as Investigator (A), or to have worked in comparable work for at least eleven years.
- Article 8Article 8 requires anyone holding the rank of Deputy Head of an Investigation and Prosecution Department (A) to have spent at least two years as Deputy Head (B), or to have worked in comparable work for at least thirteen years.
- Article 9Article 9 requires anyone holding the rank of Head of an Investigation and Prosecution Department (B) to have spent at least two years as Deputy Head (A), or to have worked in comparable work for at least fifteen years.
- Article 10Article 10 requires anyone holding the rank of Head of an Investigation and Prosecution Department (A) to have spent at least two years as Head (B), or to have worked in comparable work for at least seventeen years.
- Article 11Article 11 requires anyone holding the rank of Appeal Prosecutor to have spent at least two years as Head of an Investigation and Prosecution Department (A), or to have worked in comparable work for at least nineteen years.
- Article 12Article 12 requires anyone holding the rank of Head of Investigation and Prosecution Departments to have spent at least two years as Appeal Prosecutor, or to have worked in comparable work for twenty-one years.
- Article 13Article 13 provides that the Authority's Council defines comparable work, which includes judicial work and teaching Sharia or law at a college, and that a master's degree or legal studies diploma equals four years and a doctorate six years.
- Article 14Article 14 sets a two-year probation for investigation lieutenants and one year for other first-time appointees, even with prior service, and grants those first appointed an allowance equal to three months' salary.
- Article 15Article 15 sets the rules for promoting members of the Authority: seniority up to Head of Department (B), efficiency and achievements for higher ranks, an inspection requirement, and effect of promotion on taking up work.
- Article 16Article 16 makes the transfer, secondment and loan of members of the Authority a decision of the Authority's Council, for one year renewable for another, with an exceptional secondment by the Supervisor of up to three months.
- Article 17Article 17 provides that the head of the Authority, or his delegate, grants leave to members of the Authority within the limits of the Civil Service Law and its regulations.
- Article 18Article 18 establishes an inspection and follow-up department in the Authority, made up of a head and full-time members chosen by the Authority's Council, linked to the head of the Authority, with follow-up departments in branches where needed.
- Article 19Article 19 sets the tasks of the Inspection and Follow-up Department: inspecting members' work, investigating complaints by or against them, and inspecting staff, through a member of higher rank or seniority.
- Article 20Article 20 requires members of the Authority to be inspected once or at most twice a year.
- Article 21Article 21 sets four grades for rating a member's competence: distinguished, above average, average, below average.
- Article 22Article 22 obliges the Inspection Department to notify the member of his report and competence rating, lets him object within 30 days, and the Authority's council decides the objection by a final decision.
- Article 23Article 23 gives the Authority's council the power to set members' duties and prohibited acts and to issue the rules and procedures for inspecting their work and evaluating their performance.
- Article 24Article 24 requires an Authority member to reside in the town where his workplace is located, and allows the Authority's council, in exceptional circumstances, to permit temporary residence in another nearby town.
- Article 25Article 25 bars an Authority member from being absent from or interrupting his work without an acceptable excuse authorized in writing; he is warned in writing, and on repetition the matter goes to the Authority's council for a possible disciplinary trial.
- Article 26Article 26 requires those appointed to the Authority as recording and registry clerks, researchers, experts and translators to pass an exam set by the Authority's council, and appoints them on a two-year probation.
- Article 27Article 27 applies the civil service laws to the Authority's employees who are not members, subject to what is stated in this Regulation.
- Article 28Article 28 bars the Authority's employees from disclosing secrets they learn of through their work, and the bar continues even after they leave service.
- Article 29Article 29 provides that this Regulation replaces the Regulation of Members of the Investigation and Public Prosecution Authority and Its Staff issued by Council of Ministers Resolution No. (140) dated 13/8/1409 AH.
- Article 30Article 30 provides that this Regulation of Members of the Investigation and Public Prosecution Authority and Its Staff is published in the Official Gazette and takes effect from the date of its publication.