Judicial System

Judicial System in Saudi Arabia
of Administrative Work in Sharia Circuits and as well some
sections of the Concentration of the Responsibilities of the
Sharia Judiciary Law. On 14/07/1422H (corresponding
to 02/10/2001) the Criminal Procedure Law was issued
comprising two hundred and twenty five sections providing
for investigation, trial and ways to contest penal rulings,
maintaining the sanctity of the people and their homes and
offices and vehicles, protecting the media and prohibiting
censorship except for compelling reasons. (1)
The Hierarchy of Courts:
After a month and a half from the unification of the
Kingdom, a judiciary presidency was established in the
Western Region in Mecca on 24/07/1344H (corresponding
to 07/02/1926), to oversee the judiciary of Hejaz courts
and adjacent districts. With respect to Najd and its adjacent
areas, single judges were appointed in big cities to determine
all types of cases brought before them. On 21/02/1346H
(corresponding to 20/08/1927) a court for expedient matters
was formed together with a Major Sharia Court. In the year
1375H (corresponding to 1955) two presidencies of the
judiciary were established:
1) Presidency of the Judiciary in the Western Region with
authority over the Northern Province and the regions of
Aseer and Jizan; it included an appeal body supervising a
group of courts and notaries.
(1) See, the Judiciary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Justice,
pp. 77, 80, 85, 86 and 89, and see, The Ministry of Justice, pp. 44-46, 98 – 101
and 102 – 104.
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