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Article 14

No: 228 Date(g): 8/1/2019 | Date(h): 2/5/1440 Status: In-Force

Final foreign judgments relating to terrorist crimes or its financing, including judgments relating to the confiscation of funds, proceeds, or means associated with any crimes referred to in Article 24(3) of the Law shall be enforced in accordance with the Kingdom’s laws. To consider a request from a foreign state, the following must be satisfied:

 1.attachment of an official copy of the judgment and the legal basis upon which it was based, along with proof that the judgment is final and that it was rendered by a competent court in the requesting state;
 2.the person against whom the judgment was rendered was summoned to appear before the court and was duly represented and given the opportunity to defend himself;
 3.the judgment shall not conflict with the provisions of Sharia and public order in the Kingdom;
 4.the judgment shall be enforceable;
 5.the judgment shall not conflict with a judgment previously rendered by a court in the Kingdom in the same case;
 6.the judgment sought to be enforced does not relate to a crime being considered by a court in the Kingdom;
 7.attachment of a list of procedures and measures taken by the requesting state for the protection of bona fide persons; and
 8.attachment of a description of the funds subject of enforcement, estimate of their value, their potential location, information relating to any person holding or in possession of such funds, and a statement of the facts upon which the request is based.