Article 22 of the Saudi Protection of Whistleblowers, Witnesses, Experts and Victims Law

A person may report a crime, testify in it or provide expertise, and guilt may then not be proven against the person it was given against. This article provides that failure to prove guilt does not affect the protection given to the protected person, on two conditions:

1. The report, testimony or expertise was given in good faith.
2. It was given on serious grounds for believing that a crime covered by the Law had occurred.

This means that protection does not depend on the outcome of the case, but on the person's good faith and the seriousness of the grounds they relied on.

If the opposite is proven, Article 23 provides that, without prejudice to the provisions of any other law, the whistleblower, witness and expert must reimburse the value of all expenses paid to provide protection, if it is proven that the report was malicious, the testimony false, or the expertise false or grossly negligent.

Article 21 provides that protection ends by a written, reasoned decision of the program administration, notified to the protected person at least 15 days before it takes effect, and a complaint against it may be filed with the Attorney General within 10 days of learning of the decision.