Electronic Transactions Law

Without prejudice to any severer penalty provided for in any other law, anyone found guilty of any of the actions set forth in Article 23 of this Law shall be subject to a fine not exceeding 5,000,000 riyals, imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or both penalties. Equipment, systems, and programs used in committing the violation may be confiscated pursuant to a judgment. The competent court may include in its sentence a provision for the publication of an abstract summary at the expense of the convicted person in a local newspaper issued in his place of residence or in the nearest area in the absence of such newspaper, or in the manner the court deems fit according to the type, gravity, and effect of the crime committed, provided that such publication shall is executed after the judgment becomes final.