Agencies And Departments

Learn about the Ministry of Justice divisions, the duties and responsibilities of each, and their assistant divisions and affiliated directorates.

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  Planning and Development Division

  4 duties4 affiliated units

  The Planning and Development Division participates in preparing strategic plans and developing the administrative organization to ensure the achievement of strategic goals, measure performance and address shortcomings.

  Duties and Responsibilities

  • Develop general policies and executive plans for organizing and improving the Ministry and its affiliated entities.
  • Establish general policies for building a unified source of data, processes, technical systems and services for the Ministry and its affiliated entities.
  • Participate in strategic planning activities.
  • Approve quality standards and criteria for the Ministry’s work and services.

  Assistant Divisions and Affiliated Directorates

  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Planning and Development
  • General Directorate of Strategic Planning
  • General Directorate of Institutional Excellence and Quality
  • Directorate of Enterprise Architecture
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  Digital Transformation and ICT Division

  7 duties8 affiliated units

  The Digital Transformation and ICT Division aims to empower the Ministry, develop information technology services and support the Ministry’s digital transformation, achieving excellent performance and high-quality services while reducing service times through modern digital technologies.

  Duties and Responsibilities

  • Establish and implement the Ministry’s policies for systems, technologies, applications and technical infrastructure.
  • Set priorities for digital development projects.
  • Supervise the implementation of digital transformation and technical infrastructure projects originating from the Ministry’s strategy.
  • Monitor the implementation of the operational plans of the strategic digital plan.
  • Supervise the operation and development of the technical systems of courts and notarial offices, and the Ministry’s administrative, financial and common systems.
  • Supervise the implementation of data sharing between the Ministry and other government agencies to serve clients’ interests and the Ministry’s work.
  • Supervise, develop and activate business solutions with the Ministry’s divisions and directorates.

  Assistant Divisions and Affiliated Directorates

  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Performance Development
  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Digital Transformation and Judicial Applications
  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Technical Infrastructure and Operations
  • General Directorate of Digital Applications
  • General Directorate of Digital Business Solutions and Innovation
  • General Directorate of Digital Transformation
  • General Directorate of Operations and Technical Services
  • Judicial Information Center
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  Shared Services Division

  14 duties6 affiliated units

  The Shared Services Division supports the Ministry’s entities by efficiently and effectively planning, organizing and following up on administrative, financial, human resources and document management work.

  Duties and Responsibilities

  • Supervise the preparation of the Ministry’s annual budget.
  • Discuss the Ministry’s annual budget with the Ministry of Finance and other relevant authorities.
  • Oversee the execution of the annual budget items for the Ministry and its affiliated entities.
  • Monitor engineering projects and plans for the construction works of the Ministry and its affiliated entities.
  • Support and empower women’s participation in the Ministry’s services and work.
  • Supervise the organization and preservation of documents of the Ministry and its affiliated entities.
  • Approve the annual training plan for the Ministry’s staff.
  • Approve business plans for raising the skills and capabilities of the Ministry’s staff.
  • Approve procurement and tender contracts in accordance with laws and instructions.
  • Approve requests for creating new positions in the annual budget.
  • Approve the tendering of projects and cleaning, maintenance and operation works in accordance with the applicable regulations.
  • Approve staff movements and issue executive decisions on employment affairs.
  • Approve secondment requests to the Ministry, except for notaries public.
  • Approve transfer requests to and from the Ministry.

  Assistant Divisions and Affiliated Directorates

  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Performance Development
  • General Directorate of Budget
  • General Directorate of Engineering Projects
  • General Directorate of Human Resources
  • General Directorate of Administrative and Financial Affairs
  • Spending Efficiency Office
• 4

  Laws and International Cooperation Division

  8 duties7 affiliated units

  The Laws and International Cooperation Division upholds the integrity and consistency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s position on agreements, treaties and memoranda of understanding with all external parties to advance Gulf, regional and international cooperation. It also seeks to enhance the Kingdom’s ranking in international judicial indicators, and to manage and organize all legal affairs related to the Ministry’s work.

  Duties and Responsibilities

  • Approve draft agreements, treaties and memoranda of understanding between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the GCC countries and the regional and international community.
  • Track the Kingdom’s progress in international judicial indicators and address any challenges.
  • Oversee work plans to enhance judicial cooperation between the Kingdom and the GCC countries.
  • Approve draft laws, regulations, agreements and memoranda of understanding for the Ministry and its affiliated entities.
  • Oversee activities related to combating economic crimes, money laundering and terrorist financing, and respond to external entities.
  • Oversee activities related to human rights and respond to external entities.
  • Oversee administrative investigations involving Ministry of Justice staff, except for judges and notaries public.
  • Oversee external committees of the Ministry’s staff.

  Assistant Divisions and Affiliated Directorates

  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Performance Development
  • General Directorate of Human Rights
  • General Directorate of Legal Affairs
  • General Directorate of International Cooperation
  • General Directorate of Economic Crimes
  • International Judicial Indicators and Reports Observatory
  • Legislation Office
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  Enforcement Division

  8 duties8 affiliated units

  The Enforcement Division supports and enables enforcement courts and panels to exercise their jurisdiction, and runs the Division’s work to achieve its strategic objectives.

  Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide innovative programs and methods that enable enforcement courts and panels to implement rulings, decisions and orders easily according to the latest mechanisms.
  • Supervise and monitor control and audit work for the enforcement sector.
  • Supervise and monitor enforcement bank accounts.
  • Supervise and monitor the work of asset units and respond to external entities.
  • Follow up on requests from enforcement courts and panels, work to overcome any obstacles, and supervise training in coordination with the relevant training authorities.
  • Develop the Ministry’s enforcement services.
  • License and oversee enforcement service providers.
  • Supervise the Judicial Support Center and track the processing of enforcement requests.

  Assistant Divisions and Affiliated Directorates

  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Performance Development
  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Enforcement
  • Judicial Support Center for Enforcement
  • General Directorate of Control and Audit
  • General Directorate of Accounts
  • General Directorate of Asset Units
  • General Directorate of Enforcement Courts and Panels Affairs
  • General Directorate of Enforcement Services
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  Notarization and Real Estate Registration Division

  14 duties11 affiliated units

  The Notarization and Real Estate Registration Division oversees its affiliated administrative units, develops and follows up on its work, and provides notarization services to clients. It handles the notarization of contracts, declarations, powers of attorney, marriage contracts and real estate transactions, and develops them in line with Saudi Vision 2030 through sector governance and digitalization, ensuring quality operations, protecting clients’ rights and delivering services with ease.

  Duties and Responsibilities

  • Propose general policies for the Division and its affiliated units, and supervise their implementation after adoption.
  • Provide administrative and technical supervision for the Division and its affiliated units, and coordinate among them to ensure integrated activities and maximum use of available resources.
  • Supervise the application of the approved laws, regulations and instructions for the Division and its affiliated units.
  • Supervise the study of plans, programs, rules and instructions submitted by the Division’s sectors and affiliated units, approve them within the delegated powers, and follow up on their implementation after adoption.
  • Coordinate the Division’s activities with other entities at the same organizational level.
  • Participate in committees related to the affiliated sectors and units, or delegate others within the granted powers.
  • Supervise the study of obstacles and issues facing the work of the Division and its affiliated units, and work to overcome and resolve them.
  • Supervise the study of proposals for developing work in the Division and its affiliated units, give relevant feedback, and work to adopt what has been approved.
  • Supervise the identification of the needs of the Division’s sectors and units for staff, equipment, devices and tools, and follow up on their provision and the necessary training.
  • Supervise the preparation of periodic reports on the activities and achievements of the Division and its affiliated units, and submit them to the Deputy Minister for the necessary decision.
  • Prepare reports and correspondence to the Royal Court on matters within the Division’s jurisdiction on which feedback is requested.
  • Correspond with government entities on matters related to the Division’s work.
  • Participate in local, regional and international conferences, meetings and seminars related to the Division’s activities, and transfer knowledge to the relevant entities.
  • Perform any other tasks assigned within the Division’s mandate.

  Assistant Divisions and Affiliated Directorates

  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Performance Development
  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Real Estate Registration
  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Notarization
  • General Directorate of Control and Inspection
  • General Directorate of Marriage Officiants
  • General Directorate of Revenue Control
  • General Directorate for Supervising First Registration Judges’ Offices
  • General Directorate of Real Estate Registration
  • General Directorate of Licensed Notaries
  • General Directorate of Notarial Offices Affairs
  • General Directorate of Notaries Public Affairs
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  Judicial Affairs Division

  11 duties10 affiliated units

  The Judicial Affairs Division strives to deliver swift justice through its supervisory role over the courts and its affiliated administrative units. It applies, monitors and governs judicial work policies, and organizes and develops its own work and judicial services to raise the efficiency and effectiveness of the judicial system.

  Duties and Responsibilities

  • Prepare annual plans for the Division and its affiliated units in line with the Ministry’s general objectives and policies, and monitor their implementation.
  • Apply the approved laws, regulations and instructions of the Division and its affiliated units.
  • Enhance quality at the Division and its affiliated directorates.
  • Enhance the quality of operations and performance at courts.
  • Prepare performance indicator reports related to judicial jurisdictions, and approve performance improvement actions.
  • Improve services provided to increase client satisfaction.
  • Supervise the Case Verification Center.
  • Supervise the Case Preparation Center.
  • Supervise operations related to sending letters rogatory received from courts to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs according to international agreements.
  • Provide judicial translation services.
  • Identify the needs of the affiliated sectors, units and courts, and provide support to them.

  Assistant Divisions and Affiliated Directorates

  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Performance Development
  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Courts Affairs
  • Assistant Deputy Minister for Judicial Support
  • General Directorate of Judicial Assignments
  • General Directorate of Family Cases
  • General Directorate of Judicial Notification
  • General Directorate of Experts
  • Directorate of Judicial Attestations and Letters Rogatory
  • General Directorate of Cases
  • General Directorate of Courts

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