Provisions

Article Thirty-seven:

Any of the following actions by any operator, individual or a juridical person constitutes a violation:

1. Providing telecommunications service or establish, operate or use a public telecommunications network without obtaining a license from the Commission
2. Interconnection of a private internal network with a public telecommunications network without obtaining the necessary approval
3. Failure to comply with an order issued by the Commission
4. Use of any telecommunications equipment for the purpose of causing harmful interference with any other communications or exposing to risk different means of transportation or their passengers
5. Use of any telecommunications equipment not licensed by the Commission
6. Use of any frequency without a license from the Commission
7. Interception of any telephone call or data carried on the public telecommunications networks in violation of the provisions of this Act
8. Providing false statements or misleading information to the Commission
9. Failure to obtain the Commission's approval before purchasing 5% or more of the total shares or stocks of an operator licensed to work in the Kingdom or a percentage that creates a dominant operator in certain telecommunications market in the Kingdom
10. Failure to obtain the necessary approval according to the terms of the Act before merger with other operators
11. Misuse of telecommunications services, such as causing damage to the public telecommunications networks or intentionally place a message of an indecent or menacing nature or which causes panic or disturbance
12. Import, market or use telecommunications equipment not complying with the approved technical specifications
13. Other than in the course of duty, intentional disclosure of any information or contents of any message, which has been intercepted in the course of its transmission
14. Causing damage to, infringement upon or cutting down public telecommunications and information technology networks, whether for unlawful use, inactivating telecommunications or disabling exchange of information in general
15. Any other practice violating the provisions of this Act

Article Thirty-eight:

1. Without prejudice to any more severe penalty stated in another Act, any person who commits any of the violations stated in Article Thirty-seven shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding SR 5 million
2. The penalties mentioned under Clause "1" of this Article shall be proportionate to the violation committed and to the gravity of the violation in each individual case and will be imposed by a committee formed by a decision of the Board based on the nomination of the Commission Governor. The committee shall consist of 5 members from the Commission employees or others including at least one legal advisor. The committee shall issue its decision according to the rules and procedures identified in the Bylaws. Such decision is appealable before the Grievance Dewan according to its Act. The amounts collected from such penalties shall be delivered to the Commission and shall be considered a part of its revenues