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SAU-2018-L-107949
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Title_of_text
Royal Decree No. M/96, Dated 16 Ramadan 1439 A.H. approving the Anti-Harassment Law.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Saudi Arabia
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Adopted on (Date of text)
2018-05-31
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Royal Decree approves the Anti-Harassment Act, 2018, which is attached to Decision No. 488 of 29 May 2018 (14 Ramadan 1439 A.H.) of the Council of Ministers.
The Anti-Harassment Act contains 8 articles and deals with harassment defined as "any utterance, act or gesture with sexual connotations from one person to any other person that would harm his/her body, honour or modesty, by any means whatsoever, including through the use of modern technology". Sentences, if convicted, range from imprisonment of up to five years and/or a fine.
Monograph region
Monograph title
Printed Separately
Publisher
International Labour Organization
Date
2019-03
File
F-1059945489/SAU107949 Eng.pdf (PDF of Unofficial English Translation)