Article 31 of the Saudi Waste Management Law

This article sets out the powers of the competent court when it hears the violations referred to in Article 29, which are storing, burning, treating or sinking waste or disposing of it in a way that poses a danger to public health or harm to the environment. The court may:

1. Impose the penalties provided for in Article 29, which are imprisonment of up to ten years and a fine of up to thirty million riyals, or either.
2. Confiscate the seized items that are the subject of the violation.
3. Impose a daily fine for each day the violator continues the violation, of no more than 10% of the amount of the fine stated in Article 29, calculated from the date the judgment specifies.
4. Double the fine for repeat offenses. A repeat offender is one who returns to commit the violation within three years of the date the judgment becomes final.
5. Publish a summary of the judgment at the violator's expense in a local newspaper published where he resides, or if there is none, in the nearest region to him, or by any other suitable means, according to the type of the violation, its gravity and its effect, provided that publication takes place after the judgment becomes final.

The daily fine is important because it deters the violator from continuing the violation after the judgment, as it accumulates against him for each day.

This article follows the Public Prosecution's investigation and prosecution before the competent court under Article 30. Violations other than those in Article 29 are punished by Article 32.

Anyone who is the subject of a judgment or is accused should consult a lawyer specialized in criminal matters.