RIYADH — A government employee shall be terminated from service in the event of conviction of corruption by a court of law. Legal measures will be taken against an employee if he amasses wealth disproportionate to his income. These provisions are included in the new Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) Law, approved by the Council of Ministers on July 23.
The law will come into force 90 days after its publication in the official gazette, the Umm Al-Qura newspaper. The law, which consists of 24 articles, was published in the gazette on Friday, August 9.
The new law specifies the procedures for taking legal measures against any government employee in the event of amassing disproportionate wealth by him or his close family members. “If the wealth of a public employee or someone in his position increases after assuming the job in a way that is not commensurate with his income or resources on the basis of evidence resulted from investigations showing that he committed a crime of corruption; then he will be accountable to prove the legitimacy of the funds in cash or in-kind possessed by him or his close relatives, including his wife, children and first-degree relatives. If he is unable to prove a legitimate source for this wealth, he shall be referred to the unit for investigation, and a criminal case shall be filed against him before the competent court, and a plea will be made to take punitive measures against him in accordance with the legal and regulatory...
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