Saudi Arabia’s Shoura passes draft law proposing charity fund to combat begging

Saudi Arabia’s Shoura passes draft law proposing charity fund to combat begging

The draft law to combat begging, which was approved by the Shoura Council on Tuesday, proposes creation of a charity fund to combat begging, according to the Saudi Gazette which quotes well informed sources.

According to the law, using means of advanced information and communications technology for begging would also come under the purview of begging.

The Council passed the law with a majority vote of 110 in favour and 20 against.



The law defined begging as the act of anybody seeking to obtain money from others without anything or for an unintended consideration in cash or kind directly or indirectly in