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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Cabinet Board of Experts
The Bill of the Social Security
System
Article
1
Unless a definition is required
for an otherwise context, the
meaning, usage, and application
of the terms and phrases of the
Saudi Social Security System are
hereby defined:
1.
The Ministry:
The Ministry of Social Affairs
2.
The Minister:
The Minister of Social Affairs
3.
The Beneficiary:
Any person or family who
deserves a pension or subsidy
and is thus included under the
Social Security System.
4.
Compensation:
A.
The regular sum of money to be
assigned for the beneficiary in
accord with the stated articles
of the Social Security System.
B.
Subsidy: A decided sum of money
to be assigned for the
beneficiary in accord with the
ruling of Article 13 of the
Social Security System.
5.
The Orphan:
Any male or female whose father
had died, and who is under 18,
and who is without an efficient
provider. A person whose father
is not legitimately known is
hereby dealt with as an orphan.
A person (whose father is proven
absent for more than 6 (six)
months and this father is
without a recognized place of
residence) is also treated as an
orphan.
6.
The Physically Disabled:
A
person who is medically proven
as unable to work (whether
temporarily or permanently); or
a person whose work efficiency
is proven inadequate because of
a disease or a handicap and who
is without an affording provider
or a sufficient source for
living.
7.
Senior Citizens:
A
person who is over sixty years
and is without an affording
provider or a sufficient source
for living.
8.
Family:
A
group that consists of a husband
and wife (sometimes more than
one wife), in addition to the
siblings; or a group that
comprises some members of this
family.
9.
The No-Provider Family:
Any family that has no provider
(either because of death or
divorce or bereavement (getting
missed) or imprisonment or
desertion or otherwise) and is
without a sufficient source for
living.
10.
The Provider:
Each person in charge who,
according to Islamic
Jurisdiction, is financially
responsible to affording a
living for a person or persons
of his own.
11.Accommodation
and Medical (Curative) Centers:
These centers include social
welfare houses, hospitals, and
the like.
12.The
Bill:
The Executive Bill of the Social
Security System.
Article 2
The utilization and benefits of
the Social Security System are
exclusively restricted to Saudis
who are permanently residing in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and
whose status and circumstances
are in complete accord with the
terms of this system. In
exception of the term of Saudi
Citizenship, the following
categories can enjoy the
benefits of the Saudi Social
Security System:
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A Non-Saudi Woman married to a Saudi man.
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A Non-Saudi woman who is a widow (with siblings) to
a Saudi man. Included are also
the siblings of a Saudi woman
who is the widow of a Non-Saudi
man.
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Included are also the following categories: all the
handicapped persons, the orphan
siblings of a widow, and the
orphans who have residence
identity cards but do not have
documents of the Saudi
Citizenship.
Article 3
The following types of persons and / or families are eligible
for the pension provided by the
Social Security System:
1.
The Orphans
2.
The Disabled
3.
Senior Citizens
4.
Women with no provider
5.
Families with no provider
The conditions of eligibility and the steps needed for
receiving the pension are
decided by the current bill.
Further categories can be added
to the above-mentioned ones only
through a Cabinet resolution
that is based on a proposal made
by the Minister of Social
Affairs.
Article 4
The following types of beneficiary can continue receiving
benefits under the conditions
stated below:
a.
A male beneficiary who is over
18 and is still receiving his
education and is without a job.
This beneficiary can keep
receiving his benefits until the
age of 26 or until graduation,
whichever is closer in time.
b.
A Female beneficiary can keep
receiving her benefits until
getting married or until getting
a job according to the terms
that the bill mandates.
Article 5
Compensation is not to be given to a beneficiary who does not
provide for a family due to
living permanently in one of the
Accommodation or Medical Centers
or the Charity Houses subsidized
by the government.
Article 6
The amount of the annual pension for the first beneficiary in
a family is SR 9400; an amount
of SR 3100 is added for every
extra person included,
conditioned that the sum of
money for a family of eight
members is not to exceed SR 31,
100 (THIRTY ONE THOUSAND AND ONE
HUNDRED). The annual sum of
money can be increased only
through a Cabinet resolution
that is based on a proposal made
by the Minister of Social
Affairs.
Article 7
If the Beneficiary retains a regular income whose amount is
over one half of the pension
received, then this
over-one-half-amount will be
deducted from the pension, on
the condition that the remaining
amount of pension is to be no
less than SR 6000 (SR SIX
THOUSANDS). The Minster of
Social Affairs can however
decline this deduction when
necessary.
Article 8
The following types of income are not included under the types
of income stated in Article 7:
1.
Student awards
2.
What is given to a beneficiary
for the purposes of medication
like (money or material gifts)
that are provided by the
concerned social and health
institutions
3.
Alms, charities, and gifts
4.
Subsidies provided during times
of emergency or disasters.
Article 9
An applicant for a pension has to submit an application to the
Office of Social Security in his
/ her own province. The
application has to include all
the information and documents
needed for a pension. It also
has to show how far he or she is
in need of the pension. The
documents needed and the
application procedures are to be
defined by the Bill of Social
Security System.
Article 10
The Ministry of Social Affairs is to investigate the
applications submitted.
According to the procedures
declared in the Bill. The
Ministry is to inform the
applicant with the decision
within 60 days; that is, whether
accepted (and how much money is
decided) or rejected and why.
In case a decision is not made
in 60 days, it thus means a
rejection of the application.
Article 11
The pension is to be given to the beneficiary on a
month-to-month basis.
Article 12
The Ministry is to make a
periodical follow-up /
investigation so as to ensure
whether or not a beneficiary is
still eligible for the pension;
also, the Ministry has to look
for new cases that may be in
need of a pension.
Article 13
The Minister or whoever deputy
the Minister assigns is
authorized to assign sums of
cash money to some beneficiaries
that he deems direly needy,
conditioned that this money does
not exceed the limit of SR
3,0000 (THIRTY THOUSANDS) to
each case . The regulations
that govern this article are
decided by the Bill.
Article 14
The administration of Civil
Records and Official Documents
is the principal source of all
information that a beneficiary
needs so as to apply for a
pension. All concerned
governmental departments and
indigenous offices have to
provide the Ministry, when
asked, with the necessary
information about applicants and
beneficiaries.
Article 15
All the related offices in the
kingdom¡¯s princedoms,
governorates, and civil centers
are required to cooperate with
the Ministry¡¯s field committees
in a way that ensures the good
benefits for beneficiaries and
the new applicants.
Article 16
A
beneficiary or his / her deputy
has to inform the related office
with any change (regarding the
beneficiary¡¯s or the family¡¯s
social, economic, and health
conditions) which may
necessitate an adjustment or a
cancellation of the pension. In
case a beneficiary¡¯s address of
permanent residence is changed,
the beneficiary or his / her
deputy has to inform the related
office with the new address of
residence.
Article 17
The Ministry, in collaboration with the government¡¯s related
departments, is to take the
necessary measures for training
and qualifying whoever is able,
among the beneficiaries, to win
their livelihood on their own.
Also, in accord with the
regulations of the Bill, the
Ministry is to take the
necessary measures to offer
subsidy to a productive project
a beneficiary might establish to
earn living independently.
Article 18
The financial resources of the Social Security System are the following:
1.
Money collected through alms.
2.
Money assigned by the public
treasury.
3.
Money collected through charity
works, donations, gifts, and
endowments according to the
established regulations in this
respect.
4.
Investments returns through the
Social Security System¡¯s
invested money.
Article 19
Without detriment to the penalty regulations of other governmental
systems, the Ministry, in accord
with the related rules given in
the Bill, has to collect back
any money that a beneficiary has
taken illegally from the Social
Security System
Article 20
The Minister of Social Affairs is to establish a three-member committee
of senior representatives from
the Ministries of Social
Affairs, Justice, and Interior
to examine the petitions made
regarding a rejection of a
pension application, pension
reduction or pension termination
as well as the restoration of a
pension money given before. The
committee¡¯s chair is to make the
final decision regarding these
issues, and the committee¡¯s
decisions are to be endorsed
with the signature of the
Minister of Social Affairs. The
committee¡¯s procedures and the
way it works are decided by the
Bill.
Article 21
Within the time of 120 days
after being informed, a person
who receives a decision of
pension rejection, pension
reduction, pension termination
or a return of the pension money
that he / she has collected
before, may submit a petition to
the committee mentioned in
article 20. Or, he / she may
submit a petition to the
Grievances Court within the time
of 60 days after being informed
with the decision.
Article 22
Within 90 days after the declaration of the Social Security
Bill, the Minister of Social
Affairs is to issue the
Executive Bill of the system.
The regulations of the Bill are
to be in effect right at the
date of application.
Article 23
This Social Security System is to replace the previous system
that was issued via the Royal
Decree number (--) on 18 / 2/
1382 H. This new system is to
cancel all other previous
regulations that may come in
conflict with its new ones.
Article 24
This new Social Security System is to be in effect after 90
days since the moment it is
published in the Official
Newspaper.
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