The official gazette "Umm Al-Qura" published the rules and criteria governing the naming of public utilities. These rules include 12 articles that regulate the mechanism for choosing the names of public facilities, which means all public properties, including but not limited to municipal, educational, cultural, sports, religious, health, and transportation facilities.
These rules include 12 articles that regulate the mechanism for choosing the names of public facilities. Article 4 of the rules stipulates that no public facility may be named after the Kings of Saudi Arabia, Crown Princes, or the heads of sisterly and friendly countries, except after obtaining the approval of the Supreme Court."
Another article of the rules stipulates that no public facility may be named after the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. <Article 5 also emphasized the prohibition of naming public facilities with names that contradict the provisions of Islamic law, or using the names of God, with the exception of a number of specific names, namely: Peace, Justice, First, Light, Light, Truth, Martyr and King. The eleventh article stated that these new rules cancel all previous provisions related to naming streets and squares contained in the rules for naming streets and squares and numbering properties in the cities and villages of the Kingdom, issued by Cabinet Decision No. (155) dated 21/7/1406 AH, in addition to canceling any other provisions that conflict with the current rules.
The eleventh article stated that these new rules cancel all previous provisions related to naming streets and squares contained in the rules for naming streets, squares and numbering properties in the cities and villages of the Kingdom. <According to these rules, each government entity is responsible for naming the public facilities located within its jurisdiction, in accordance with the provisions of these rules and related regulations. The competent authorities are also required to verify the integrity of the proposed name holder's intellectual orientation and the absence of criminal or security cases, in coordination with the concerned authorities, taking into account the proportionality between the name of the facility and the legal status of the name holder.
According to these rules, each government entity is responsible for naming the public facilities under its jurisdiction, in accordance with the provisions of these rules and related regulations.
