Article 36 of the Saudi Protection of Whistleblowers, Witnesses, Experts and Victims Law

This article sets out the body responsible for preparing the Law's Implementing Regulations, the time allowed, and how they are issued:

• Preparing body: the Public Prosecution, in coordination with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Interior, the Presidency of State Security, the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority and the other relevant bodies, each within its own remit.
• Period: within 120 days of the date the Law was issued.
• Issuance: the Regulations are issued by decision of the Council of Ministers.

Article 1 defines "the Regulations" as the Law's Implementing Regulations, so wherever the word "Regulations" appears in the Law, it means these Regulations prepared and issued under this article. They are referred to on the matters the Law refers to them.

Note that the period for preparing the Regulations (120 days) runs from the date the Law was issued, while Article 37 provides that the Law takes effect after 120 days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. The two periods are equal, but the starting point differs.

It is linked to Article 35, which assigns investigation and prosecution of the Law's offenses to the Public Prosecution, except for corruption offenses, which the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Unit of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority handles.