Saudi Arabia: SR100,000 fine for violating COVID-19 precautionary measures
Violating social gathering restrictions could also lead to jail time
Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has warned citizens and residents that they will be fined between SR10,000 to SR100,000 for violating social gathering precautionary measures, local media reported.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Talal Al Shalhoub, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior, violators of family gathering measures will be fined SR10,000 while organizers of non-family gatherings will face a fine of SR15,000.
“Another fine of SR40,000 for gatherings for social purposes such as funerals, parties and the like, exceeding the specified numbers. Any group of workers without residential relation in homes, buildings under construction, farms and the like, other than their homes, consisting of five people or more in one specific space results in a fine of SR50,000,” he said.
Penalty doubled
Al Shalhoub added that attendees of gatherings violating the preventive measures will be fined SR5,000, pointing out that upon repetition, the penalty will be doubled and could reach SR100,000 in addition to getting referred to the Public Prosecution upon repetition to consider his imprisonment as per the legal procedures.
He clarified that a fine of SR10,000 will be slapped on those who call or organize any gatherings that violate effective precautionary measures and upon repetition, the penalty will be doubled and can amount to SR100,000 in addition to being referred to the Public Prosecution.