Authorities have stipulated a new set of conditions for prisoners included in the recent royal amnesty regarding debt issues and eligibility.

Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Interior Prince Mohammed bin Naif recently laid out 17 provisions for prisoners who were incarcerated on charges dealing with public rights.

Sources told local media that according to these conditions, debts should be fixed by a final judicial ruling and should have come about because prisoners were working on a public project, among other provisions. Women who became indebted because they were involved in divorce cases,

or borrowed money to pay rent, were exempted from serving jail time.

The rules stipulated that the debt should be documented by collateral or a financial guarantee, and debtors shouldn’t stall, or tamper with other people’s money. Debtors must also provide proof that they have difficulties in paying all the debts.

Conditions also stipulate that one of the parties involved in the debt should be a Saudi, and the debt should have been arranged inside the Kingdom, if the debtor was a foreigner.

Prisoners incarcerated because traffic-related debts must prove that the accident took place before the royal decree, via a legislative deed. The driver is required to provide proof he was sober during the accident, and that he had not consumed alcohol or narcotics at that time.

According to directives, the maximum amount that can be paid through the royal grant is SR2 million.

A committee has been formed to check all the applications and verify that the new regulations are met. All payment demands must be done in one document, and checks should be written in the name of the debtor. The court will take care of paying money to creditors included in the repayments.