Legislation 45% open

What data is expected?

This data category requires all national laws and statutes available to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on legislative behaviour e.g. voting records is available. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

• Content of the law / status
• If applicable, all relevant amendments to the law
• Date of last amendments
• Data should be updated at least on quarterly

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data machine readable? No (HTML)
•   Available in bulk? No
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes(as Saudi legislation as published in the Official Gazette of Saudi. published by Um Al Qura)
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

All legislation in Saudi is published in the Official Gazette of Saudi - Um Al Qura. This publication can be downloaded for free from its official website ( http://www.uqn.gov.sa/Pages/Default.aspx ). The most recent laws and royal orders can be easily accessed through the upper menu of the website. There is no comprehensive legal search engine on the website as the Official Gazette also publishes other information besides legislation.

It is worth noting that the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers has a search engine on its website for primary legislation ( https://www.boe.gov.sa/search.aspx?lang=ar ) which could be easier to use, but it is difficult to verify if this database includes all the legislation and whether or not it is up to date.

Reviewer comments

The submission is correct.