The executive regulations of the Law of the Protection of Public Facilities stipulate that anyone who intentionally damages, blocks or obstructs a public road or flood drainage passages shall be slapped with a fine of 75 percent of the cost of repairing the damaged area, not to exceed SR100000. In the event of committing the violation by a group of persons, they shall jointly bear the value of the penalty, and this does not prevent the completion of the procedures for referring the perpetrators to the competent court. The executive regulations, approved by Minister of Municipalities and Housing Majid Al-Hogail, obligate the violator to compensate for all damages caused to the public facility, including the costs of repairing the damage caused. According to the regulations, the competent authority must oblige the violator to repair what results from his violation under its supervision, or to carry out the repair at the violator’s expense and recover from him all the expenses and costs necessary to clear the encroachment and repair the resulting damages. If the violator failed to pay, these will be collected in accordance with the provisions of the State Revenue Law. The regulations included imposing penalties on anyone who cause […]