Article 24 of the Saudi Public Prosecution Members Regulation

Article 24 imposes a specific duty on the Authority's member relating to where he lives:

• The rule: the Authority's member must reside in the town where his workplace is located.
• The exception: the Authority's council may, in exceptional circumstances, permit the member temporary residence in another town near his workplace.

Note that the exception is subject to three restrictions in the text: the circumstances must be exceptional, the residence must be temporary, and the other town must be near the workplace. The authority to grant the exception is the Authority's council. The article does not define exceptional circumstances or the period of temporary residence.

This article comes after Article 23, which gives the Authority's council the power to set members' duties and the acts prohibited to them, and this article itself states one of those duties.

It is followed by Article 25, which bars the member from being absent from or interrupting his work for a non-emergency reason without an acceptable excuse for which he is authorized in writing, and which provides that repetition of this is referred to the Authority's council to consider his disciplinary trial.

A person who believes he has a circumstance calling for temporary residence in another nearby town should note that permission and assessment of the circumstance lie with the Authority's council, and he may consult a lawyer specializing in administrative cases (the Board of Grievances).