Article 41
| No: M/20 | Date(g): 25/10/2017 | Date(h): 5/2/1439 | Status: In-Force |
Effective from Nov 04 2017 - Nov 07 2017
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| The accused or convicted for Money laundering crime can be extradited from and to another country, which is a signatory with the Kingdom to a valid agreement or on the subject to the principle of reciprocity . In case of the rejection of the extradition, the competent courts in the kingdom undertake the trial and may benefit from the investigations were provided by the requested country. The Implementing Regulation shall further prescribe the conditions for extradition. |
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The extradition process is governed by the bilateral agreements signed between the kingdom and the requested country, or multilateral agreements ratified by the kingdom as per the applicable law.
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The Kingdom may refuse to extradite Saudi nationals. Where a request for extradition is denied based on nationality of the accused or convict, the public prosecution shall, without delay, determine whether there are grounds for prosecution of the offense set forth in the request.
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Extradition shall be subject to dual criminality. The dual criminality principal is available when the request country and the kingdom criminalized the act subject to the extradition, regardless the classification of the act as per the criminal laws.
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The following requirements shall be included in the extradition:
| A. | Received a written and through the official channels; | |||
| B. | Attached a certified copy, or request the original of the conviction, or the detention order related to the extradited person, | |||
| C. | A statement on the crimes the extradition sought, including the widest range of information available, such as the time and location of the crime. | |||
| D. | The legal text, or the statement of the legal ground, to allow for assessing the request, | |||
| E. | The necessary information to identify the wanted persons, | |||
| F. | Any other information seek by the competent authority deemed necessary to execute the request. | |||