Saudi Crown Prince announces 4 new laws to reform Kingdom’s judicial institutions

Saudi Crown Prince announces 4 new laws to reform Kingdom’s judicial institutions

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced on Monday four new laws to reform the Kingdom's judicial institutions and efforts toward improving the "legislative environment“ in the Kingdom, according to an official announcement.

The four new laws include the Personal Status Law, the Civil Transactions Law, the Penal Code for Discretionary Sentences, and the Law of Evidence.

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"The lack of clear legislation previously has led to a variation in legal provisions,“ Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince said as he announced steps toward reforming the Kingdom's legislative environment.

The Crown Prince said that in the past few years, the Kingdom of has taken serious steps towards developing its legislative environment.

"These steps include adopting new laws and reforming existing ones. They are meant to preserve rights, entrench the principles of justice, transparency, protect human rights and achieve comprehensive and sustainable development, which reinforces the global competitiveness of the Kingdom based on procedural and institutional references that are objective and clearly identified,“ according to a statement released following his announcement.

The draft Personal Status Law which is being finalized, the Crown Prince said, is one of four draft laws that the relevant entities