Major Provisions and Changes in Saudi Arabia’s Law of Evidence
Continuing with reforms in judiciary and in line with Vision # 2030, Saudi Arabia promulgated the Law of Evidences on 2 January, 2022 which was published in the official gazette on 7 January, 2022. The Law has become effective on 7 July, 2022. In essence, the Law of Evidences (Law) is a comprehensive law codifying the entire process and procedures in handling evidentiary issues. The Law covers documentary evidences, digital or electronic evidences, admissions, oaths, witness testimonies, inspection and expert reports. The Law prescribes and fixes fines for lapses, defaults, attempts to falsify or laying false accusations as well as provides for parties to claim damages for being harmed besides the provision of criminal proceedings for forgery and falsification of