The Council of Ministers,
after perusal of its session held under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Royal Court File 78650 and dated 1 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1445 [9 May 2024], regarding the draft Donation Collection Law,
after perusal of the aforementioned draft law,
after perusal of the regulations for collecting donations for charitable causes, issued by Council of Ministers Decision 547 dated 30 Rabi Al-Awwal 1396 [31 March 1976],
after perusal of the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers Minutes 412 dated 21 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1425 [2 January 2005], 39 dated 28 Muharram 1430 [25 January 2009], 385 dated 3 Rajab 1434 [13 May 2013], 557 dated 7 Ramadan 1436 [24 June 2015], 444 dated 19 Rabi Al-Thani 1438 [18 January 2017], 897 dated 22 Jumada Al-Awwal 1440 [29 January 2019], 1384 dated 18 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1441 [9 July 2020], 108 dated 22 Rabi Al-Awwal 1444 [18 October 2022], 526 dated 24 Sha’ban 1442 [7 April 2021], and 198 dated 4 Jumada Al-Awwal 1443 [9 December 2021]; Memorandum 445 dated 19 Rabi Al-Thani 1438 [18 January 2017], 498 dated 1 Rajab 1441 [25 February 2020], 275 dated 19 Safar 1442 [7 October 2020], 1549 dated 9 Rajab 1443 [11 February 2022], 3896 dated 21 Dhu Al-Hijja 1444 [10 July 2023], 1637 dated 9 Jumada Al-Awwal 1445 [22 November 2023], 2331 dated 27 Jumada Al-Thani 1445 [9 January 2024], and 51 dated 3 Muharram 1446 [10 July 2024],
after perusal Council of Economic and Development Affairs Recommendation 10-36/42/I dated 10 Ramadan 1442 [22 April 2021],
after perusal of Political and Security Affairs Council Minutes MST/17-4/45 dated 3 Rabi Al-Thani 1445 [18 October 2023],
after considering Shura Council Decisions 107/54 dated 14 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1435 [9 September 2014], 79/38 dated 3 Sha’ban 1437 [11 May 2016], 79/17 dated 21 Jumada Al-Awwal 1439 [7 February 2018], 32/6 dated 30 Rabi Al-Awwal 1441 [28 November 2019], 4/22 dated 15 Rabi Al-Thani 1442 [1 December 2020], and 27/277 dated 27 Shawwal 1445 [6 May 2024],
and after perusal of the General Committee of the Council of Ministers Recommendation 434 dated 11 Muharram 1446 [18 July 2024],
hereby decides
First
The Donation Collection Law is hereby approved in the form attached.
Second
The provisions of the law—referred to in clause First of this decision—must apply to national government platforms for collecting donations, insofar as there is no specific text in the provisions regulating them.
A draft royal decree has been prepared in the form attached.
Third
The National Center for the Development of the Non-Profit Sector shall—during the fifth year of implementing the system referred to in clause First of this decision—submit a report that includes the results of implementing the law and the proposals it deems appropriate in this regard.
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
Issued on: 2 Safar 1446
Corresponding to: 8 August 2024
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5044 issued on 24 August 2024.