The Council of Ministers,
after perusal of Royal Court File 87682 dated 28 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1446 [26 May 2025], which includes the Minister of Interior Telegram 204228 dated 4 Sha’ban 1446 [3 February 2025], regarding the study of imposing the punishment of deportation in the event that foreign drivers commit traffic violations that endanger public safety,
after perusal of the Traffic Law issued by Royal Decree D/85 dated 26 Shawwal 1428 [7 November 2007],
after perusal of Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers Memorandum 3319 dated 10 Shawwal 1446 [8 April 2025],
after perusal of Council of Economic and Development Affairs Recommendation 52-43/46/I dated 29 Shawwal 1446 [27 April 2025],
after considering Shura Council Decision 323/32 dated 23 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1446 [21 May 2025],
and after perusal of General Committee of the Council of Ministers Recommendation 519 dated 15 Muharram 1447 [10 July 2025],
hereby decides
Article 74 of the Traffic Law issued by Royal Decree D/85 dated 26 Shawwal 1428 [7 November 2007] is hereby amended to read as follows:
1․ The competent department shall, upon the commission of a violation that endangers public safety for the second time within a year from the date of the commission of the first violation, impose a fine on the violator at its maximum limit. In the event that it is committed for the third time during the same year, the violator must be referred to the competent court—in accordance with the legal procedures—to consider the application of the imprisonment punishment against him for a period not exceeding one year, unless the court decides to double the fine prescribed for the violation in the second time. The regulation must specify the violations that endanger public safety and the procedures for referring the violator to the court.
2․ The Ministry of Interior may, if a final judgment is issued to convict a non-Saudi of committing any of the violations that endanger public safety, deport him from the Kingdom and prevent him from entering it, in accordance with the controls set by the ministry in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, and the Public Prosecution. The regulation must specify the categories excluded from the application of this paragraph.
A draft royal decree has been prepared in the form attached.
The Prime Minister
Issued on: 25 Safar 1447
Corresponding to: 19 August 2025
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5105 issued on 5 September 2025.