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10. Disclosure of and Enforcement on Bank Accounts, Balances and Relationships

No: 65681/67 Date(g): 3/7/2019 | Date(h): 1/11/1440 Status: In-Force
-Subject to SAMA’s instructions on providing government and non-government entities with documents, information and data of customer bank accounts, the disclosure of and enforcement on bank balances, accounts and relationships (such as, blocking and compulsory deduction) shall be made by an order from SAMA upon the request of the competent authorities.
 
-Enforcement on banking relationships means blocking, compulsory deduction, check issuance and money transfer from the bank's customer accounts.
 
-Procedures taken for the disclosure of and enforcement on bank balances, accounts and relationships at all stages shall be strictly confidential. Such requests shall be received only by SAMA except for cases stated in SAMA’s instructions.
 
-Banks shall carry out requests for disclosure and enforcement according to the form, manner and period specified by SAMA.