Anti-Money Laundering Law
Art. 23Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Insurance Authority (ia.gov.sa)
1- Any person who enters or leaves the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in possession of currency,
bearer negotiable instruments, gold bars, precious metals or stones or jewelry exceeding
the value threshold set by the Implementing Regulation, or who arranges for the
transportation thereof into or out of the Kingdom by cargo, courier, postal service or
through any other means, shall declare to the General Directorate of Customs and the
Directorate shall request additional information on the source and the purpose of the use.
2- The General Directorate of Customs shall seize the currency, bearer negotiable
instruments, gold bars, precious metals or stones or jewelry for (72) hours in case of the
suspicious of the ML or predicate offence including cases not exceeding the value threshold
set in Sup (1) in this Article, and in case of violating the declaration obligation or the false
declaration.
3- In the case of violating the declaration obligation or the false declaration and no suspicious
in the ML or predicate offence, The General Directorate of Customs shall imposed a fine
as clarified in the Implementing Regulation.
4- The General Directorate of Financial intelligence shall obtain all information that the
General Directorate of Customs obtained.
5- The Implementing Regulation shall set forth rules and procedures related to declarations
and the powers of General Directorate of Customs to implement the declaration
obligations.
VI. Supervision
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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