Saudi Crown Prince: The Personal Status Law will enter into force 90 days after its publication

Yesterday, Tuesday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz confirmed that the Personal Status Law will enter into force 90 days after its publication in the Official Gazette, noting that it is the second project of the four specialized legislation system that was announced on Jumada al-Akhirah 26, 1442 AH. Corresponding to February 8, 2021 AD, and the rest of them are: the draft civil transactions system, and the draft penal system for disciplinary penalties.

This came on the occasion of the Cabinet's approval of the personal status system after completing the regular procedures for studying it in the Shura Council, according to the provisions of its system, according to what was reported by the Saudi Press Agency "SPA".

The Crown Prince also indicated that the draft personal status system was derived from the provisions and purposes of Islamic Sharia, and took into account the latest legal trends and modern international judicial practices, keeping abreast of developments and changes in reality, and that it would contribute to preserving the family and its stability as the basic component of society, and would work to improve the situation of The family and the child, and controlling the discretionary power of the judge to limit the discrepancy of judicial rulings in this regard.

He stressed that the introduction of a personal status system reflects the leadership's commitment to the development and reform approach, taking into account the latest legal trends and modern international judicial practices, and that the personal status system constitutes a major qualitative leap in efforts to preserve and protect human rights, family stability, women's empowerment and the promotion of rights.

Prince Muhammad bin Salman also made it clear that the system was comprehensive in addressing all the problems that the family and women were suffering from, and carefully organized personal status issues in all their details.

The Saudi Crown Prince had made it clear when the evidence system was issued on 24 Jumada al-Ula 1443 AH corresponding to December 28, 2021 AD that the personal status system would be issued during the first quarter of 2022 AD.

It is worth noting that the adoption of the Personal Status System comes as a practical translation of the efforts led and directly supervised by the Crown Prince in developing and reforming systems that preserve rights, establish principles of justice and transparency and achieve comprehensive development, within the system of legislative reforms that the Kingdom is witnessing under the supervision and guidance of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and with direct follow-up From Prince Muhammad bin Salman, within the framework of a sure desire to raise the efficiency of systems, enhance transparency, improve the quality of life, and protect human rights.

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