300.1.5.14 Trial and Enforcement Courts
| No: 65681/67 | Date(g): 3/7/2019 | Date(h): 1/11/1440 |
Effective from Jan 01 2024 - Dec 31 2023
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This rule has been amended according to the circular No. (42036451), Dated 01/06/1442H, corresponding to 14/01/2021G.
| Bank accounts for trial courts, such as commercial courts and family courts, may be opened for the purpose of managing the cases pending before such courts and for the enforcement courts for the purpose of depositing execution funds as follows: | |
| 1. | The bank shall receive a letter from the Deputy Minister of Justice for Enforcement or his authorized representative (for the bank accounts of enforcement courts), or a letter from the Deputy Minister of Justice for Judicial Affairs or his authorized representative (for the bank accounts of trial courts). The letter shall be addressed to the bank, requesting the opening of a bank account and stating the names of persons authorized to manage and operate the account under a joint signature (two signatories are required). |
| 2. | The bank shall obtain copies of the authorized signatories’ IDs and their specimen signatures. |
| 3. | The account shall be separate from other accounts of each court. |
| 4. | Disbursement from the account shall be made by checks payable to the first beneficiary, by transfers to the collection accounts such as the account opened under the name “Ministry of Justice/Deputyship for Enforcement) and designated for receiving funds via SADAD system, or by transfers to beneficiaries’ accounts. Where checks are used, the purpose of the check and the case number and date shall be written on the check. |
| 5. | ATM cards and/or credit cards shall not be issued for such accounts. |
| 6. | Transferring funds from these accounts to beneficiaries outside Saudi Arabia shall not be allowed. The exception to this rule is when the beneficiary is a foreign (natural or legal) person residing outside Saudi Arabia and the approval of the concerned deputy minister or the chief judge is obtained for the transfer. |