Saudi PDPL Article 36 – Decision-Making by Competent Authority *

1-In cases that are not covered in Article (35) herein and without prejudice to any harsher penalty stipulated in another law, a warning or a fine not exceeding (five million) Riyals shall be imposed on every person with a special natural or legal capacity – covered by the provisions of the Law – who violates any of the provisions of the Law or the Regulations. The fine penalty may be doubled in the event of a repeat violation, even if it results in exceeding its maximum limit, provided that it does not exceed double this limit.
2-A committee (or more) shall be formed by a decision of the president of the Competent Authority. The number of its members shall not be less than (three), and one of them shall be appointed as the committee head, and there shall be a technical specialist and a legal advisor among them. The committee is to examine violations and issue warnings or impose fines as stipulated in Paragraph (1) of this Article, considering the type of violation committed, its seriousness and the extent of its impact; provided that the decision of the committee is approved by the president of the Competent Authority or whomever they delegate. The president of the Competent Authority shall issue, by their decision, the rules of work of the committee, and the remunerations of its members shall be determined therein.
3-Anyone against whom a decision has been issued by the committee mentioned in Paragraph (2) of this Article has the right to appeal against them before the competent court.

* This title is an unofficial description

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