
2019-10-10
2018-04-10
Article XXIV
Without prejudice to any harsher penalty provided for in another law, a person committing any of the following offenses shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years and a fine not exceeding thirty million riyals, or either penalty:
1. Receipt, possession, use, transport, alteration, dispersion, modification or disposal of nuclear materials, without a license, which causes (or is likely to cause) death or serious injury to any person or substantial damage to property or to the environment.
2. Any breach of Commission laws relating to nuclear safety, security or safeguards resulting in substantial damage or hazard to people or to the environment.
3. Theft, robbery, embezzlement or fraudulent acquisition of nuclear, nuclear-related, or radioactive materials.
4. Unlawful transport of nuclear, nuclear-related, or radioactive materials into or out of the Kingdom.
5. Any unlawful act directed against a facility or activity, or an act disrupting their operation, which causes death or serious injury to a person or substantial damage to property or to the environment through exposure to radiation or release of radioactive materials.
6. Any act with the intention to obtain nuclear or radioactive material through the use of force or threat thereof, or any other form of intimidation,
7. Threat to:
a. Use nuclear or radioactive materials with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person or substantial damage to property or to the environment;
b. Use nuclear material to commit any of the acts set out in paragraph 5 of this Article;
c. Commit any of the acts set out in paragraphs 3 and 5 of this Article, with the intent to compel a person, international organization or state to carry out an act or refrain therefrom.
Article XXV
The imprisonment or fine set forth in Article XXIV of this Law shall not be less than half its maximum if the offense is coupled with any of the following:
1. The offense is committed through organized crime;
2. The offender has been previously convicted of similar offenses, including foreign convictions.