The most important legal news in local newspapers
We in Ben Arafa Law Group Consulting & Legal Legitimacy L.L.C likes to provide you of the most important legal news in the local newspapers for this week, which related to your business and commercial, labor and procedural activities, and accordingly we provide you with the most important news as follows:
Minister of Justice Launches the Service for Issuing Electronic Power of Attorney for Imprisoners through “Najiz”
In a new step for reinforcing justice and facilitating justice services for all community groups, minister of justice, Dr. Walid Bin Mohamed Alsmaany, directs to launch the service for issuing electronic power of attorney for imprisoners through Najiz website, in cooperation with the public department of prisons. That service allows imprisoners to issue their electronic power of attorney through the fingerprint without the necessity of physical presence with the notary public. That contributes in facilitating procedures and saving time and effort. The service includes issuing individual and multi-party power of attorney, and other available legal forms.
That service is one of the advanced justice services provided to imprisoners, that enables them to attain justice, documenting and executive services from their locations easily and comfortably through technical operational, human and executive forms in an integrated electronic system. The service of issuing electronic power of attorney for imprisoners is distinguished as it is available 24 hours and isn’t limited to the official work hours, as it is an electronic service.
Reporting can discharge the convicted from sanctions in the crimes of drugs and psychotropic substances
Upon the public prosecution efforts to reinforce legal awareness, and inviting people to cooperate for protecting the community from the risks of drugs, the public prosecution published an important awareness message through its official account at “X-Website”, where it confirms that discharging from sanctions of drugs and psychotropic substances crimes can be attained for the one who reports them, according to the rules of anti-drugs law. The prosecution points out that “Article three” of the law states two cases where the criminal is discharged from the sanction:
First case: when he reports the crime before the concerned authorities knowledge about it.
Second case: in a case of reporting after the concerned authorities’ knowledge, while that helps in catching other criminals, when that is possible.
That aims at encouraging initiation and cooperating in discovering those dangerous crimes, for reinforcing the security and the safety of community.
Extending the initiative for fines termination and discharging from financial sanctions against tax payers until the end of December, 2025
Upon a happy news for tax payers who are governed by the tax laws, Zakat, Taxes and Customs Authority extends the enforceability of the initiative for terminating fines and discharging from financial sanctions from 1st July, 2025 to 31st December, 2025, upon the decree of the minister of finance.
The initiative includes discharging from the fines for delayed registration and payment, and filing statements, in addition to the sanctions for correcting statements and electronic invoicing sanctions. For the tax payer to be benefited from the initiative, he should be registered at the tax system or is being registered during the initiative. All due statements should be filed to the authority, while all non-disclosed taxes should be disclosed correctly, the entire tax debt related to the statements which are filed or amended for correct disclosure should be paid, while an application to pay them in installments can be filed, in a condition of filing the application during the initiative period and paying all due payments on the due date according to the approved payments plan from the authority. It asserts that the initiative doesn’t include any sanctions related to the tax evasion, sanctions which were paid before the date of this initiative enforceability and the sanctions related to statements which are due to the authority after 30th, 2025. It invites tax payers to revise the guidelines through the official website, and to provide any inquiries through the hot number or through the e-mail or direct communication with the authority.
Legal Information
Annual confirmation of commercial register information for companies is a binding electronic process for all commercial registers to verify and update commercial register information regularly each 12 months from the date of issuance. The annual confirmation application can be filed 30 days before the due date for the annual confirmation application through Saudi Business Website, without the necessity of visiting the service center.
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