Interior Minister Approves Regulation to Limit Gatherings and Classifies Violations and Penalties

Interior Minister Approves Regulation to Limit Gatherings and Classifies Violations and Penalties
Interior Minister Approves Regulation to Limit Gatherings and Classifies Violations and Penalties

An official source at the Ministry of Interior has stated that in addition to what was previously announced on 12 Ramadan 1441 AH regarding the provisions and penalties against violators of the preventive measures being taken to combat the Coronavirus pandemic and according to the second paragraph of the Royal Order No. (A / 584) dated on 6/9/1441 AH, the Minister of the Interior approved a regulation to limit gatherings that contribute to the spread and transmission of the coronavirus, according to the following text:

First: The regulation aims to impose social distancing and organize and reduce human gatherings that are a direct cause of the outbreak of COVID-19 to ensure that the virus is contained and controlled.

Second: gatherings in this regulation are any gathering for more than one family, or any gathering according to what was referred to in item three of this regulation, consisting of 5 persons or more in one or specified space and not linked by a residential relationship.

Third: gatherings are prohibited in all their forms, shapes and locations, and include the following:

Family gatherings: (i.e. gathering inside homes, rest houses or farms for more than one family).

Non-family gatherings: (i.e. gathering inside homes, rest houses, farms, camps, chalets, or open areas for the residents of one neighborhood or others.).

Gatherings at social events: (weddings, funerals, parties, seminars, salons, etc.).

Labor gatherings: (i.e. a group of workers houses or buildings under construction, or rest houses, farms, etc., other than their homes).

Gatherings in authorized shops: (i.e. a gathering of shoppers or workers inside or outside a store exceeding number stipulated in the precautionary and preventive measures.

Fourth: gatherings in all their forms, shapes, and locations, whether within or outside neighborhoods and cities shall be controlled by security units designated for this purpose, in addition to the authorities supervising the private sector establishments.

Fifth: Whoever attends, calls for, or causes gatherings is in violation of the provisions of this regulation.

Sixth: Preventive and precautionary measures, with any update made on them, and violations related thereto and the penalties resulting for violating them shall be published in the official media.

Seventh: All individuals and entities from the public and private sectors must strictly adhere to the approved instructions related to health safety requirements and rules for social distancing and prevent gatherings in all their forms, shapes and locations.

Eighth: Anyone who knows about any gatherings that violate the provisions of this regulation, must inform the competent authority of the place of its occurrence, on the toll-free number (999) in all regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, except for Makkah region on number (911).

The Minister of the Interior also approved the classification of violations and penalties against gatherings, according to the First article of the provisions and penalties for violators of precautionary and preventive measures being taken to confront the Coronavirus pandemic issued by the Royal Order referred to above mentioned according to the following:

1- The penalty for family gatherings inside homes, rest houses, or farms for more than one family without having a residential relationship is SR 10,000.

2- The penalty for non-family gatherings inside homes, rest houses, farms, camps, chalets, or open areas for the residents of one neighborhood or others is SR 15,000.

3- The penalty for gatherings in weddings, funerals, parties, seminars, salons, etc., is SR 30,000.

4- The penalty for any gathering of workers within houses or buildings under construction, or rest houses or farms etc., other than their home, is SR 50,000.

5- The penalty for any gathering of shoppers or workers inside or outside stores exceeding the numbers stipulated in the precautionary and preventive measures is SR 5.000 for each person exceeding the stipulated numbers, by no more than SR 100,000.

6- Repeating any of the violations referred to in paragraphs 1-5 for the first time, doubling the penalty imposed the first time with the closure of the private sector facilities for a period of 3 months.

7- Repeating any of the violations referred to in paragraphs 1-5 for the second time:

(A) Doubling the penalty imposed for the second time on private sector establishments with the closure for a period of 6 months.

(B) Referring the violators to the Public Prosecution.

The source also indicated that attending, calling for, or causing any gatherings specified in paragraphs 1-5 shall be subject to a penalty of SR 5,000 and repeating them for the first time will result in doubling the amount to SR 10,000, and in if it is repeated for the second time, the violator will be referred to the Public Prosecution.

The source also indicated that the regulation aims to impose social distancing and organize and reduce human gatherings that are a direct cause of the outbreak of COVID-19 to ensure that the virus is contained and controlled, stressing the importance of adherence of all individuals and entities from the public and private sectors to the approved instructions related to the requirements of Health safety, rules for social distancing and prevention of gatherings in all their forms, shapes and locations.

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