Having perused the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Letter 1066 dated 20 Muharram 1446 [26 July 2024] regarding the file containing Minister of Justice Telegram 436418148 dated 16 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1443 [15 June 2022], to which the draft Regulation of the Personal Status Law is attached, and as clarified by the secretary general that the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers has prepared Minutes 7 dated 9 Muharram 1446 [15 July 2024] regarding the matter, which includes the following recommendation:
1․ The Regulation of the Personal Status Law is hereby approved in the form attached to the mentioned minutes of the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers.
2․ The Minister of Justice shall carry out the following:
(a) Setting the arrangements for hearing the lawsuit to prove a marriage contract that was concluded without the permission of the competent entity where permission is required, in coordination with the relevant entities.
(b) Submitting any other necessary regulations for the Personal Status Law when necessary, and in accordance with new judicial applications of the law and the regulation referred to in paragraph 1 above. The secretary general clarified the views of the General Committee of the Council of Ministers in this regard. We also perused the secretary general Letter 2362 dated 18 Safar 1446 [22 August 2024] in this regard.
We hereby inform you of our approval of this, so complete the required matters accordingly.
Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
Prime Minister
Issued on: 17 Sha’ban 1446
Corresponding to: 16 February 2025
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5072 issued on 21 February 2025.