Saudia Arabia: Basic Law of Governance (as amended up to 2017)

Document source:

National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities
Date:
1 March 1992

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Title

Saudia Arabia: Basic Law of Governance (as amended up to 2017)

Document source

National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities

Date

1 March 1992

Alternative date

21 June 2017

Document type

Legislation (primary)

Collection

Legal Instruments

Country

Saudi Arabia

Keywords

Citizenship / Nationality law

Constitutional law

Comments:

Please note that the English text as available includes the amendments in the appendix, which are as follows: October 19, 2006 (Ramadan 26, 1427H) Royal Order No. (A/135) provides for the following:  Amending Article 5(c) to read as follows: "c) A call shall be made to pledge allegiance to the King and select the Crown Prince in accordance with the Succession Commission Law". June 21, 2017 (Ramadan 26, 1438H) Royal Order No. (A/256) provides for the following:  Amending Article 5(b) to read as follows: "Governance shall be limited to the sons of the Founder King, King Abdulaziz ibn Abdulrahman Al-Faisal Al-Saud, and the sons of his sons. Allegiance shall be pledged to the most suitable among them to reign on the basis of the Quran and the Sunna of the Prophet, peace be upon him. After the sons of the Founder King, the King and the Crown Prince may not be the descendants of the same son of the Founder King".

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