Article 9:
- The name of the lawyer shall be transferred from the list of practicing lawyers to the list of non-practicing lawyers in the following cases:
A- If he stops practicing the profession for a period exceeding (one year).
B- If a final decision is issued against him to be suspended from
practicing the profession in accordance with Article (29) of the Law.
C- If he does not obtain the basic membership of the Saudi Bar Association
as stipulated in Article (21bis) of the Law, or if his membership expires
without being renewed.
2. The transfer of the lawyer from the list of practicing lawyers to the
list of non-practicing lawyers shall be under a decision of the competent
department.
Article 10:
- The lawyer who wishes to suspend practicing the profession for a period exceeding (one year) shall submit a request to cancel his license or transfer him to the list of non-practicing lawyers (30) before the date of his suspension.
- The lawyer requesting the suspension shall be transferred to the list of
non-practicing lawyers, by a decision from the competent department, in
accordance with the following controls:
A- The remaining period for the expiry of the license shall be more than (one
year) from the date of the suspension request.
B- Not to be under investigation or have a disciplinary case considered.
C- Attach proof of the completion of works or cases in which he is
entrusted or proof of settlement with their owners. In the event that he is a
partner or shareholder in a professional company, he must provide proof of the
measures taken by the company in this regard and assign the works to the
licensed partners or shareholders, taking into account the relevant Laws.
3. The lawyer may not stop practicing the profession except in accordance
with the procedures stipulated in this article.
Article 11:
- The lawyer whose name is transferred to the list of non-practicing lawyers may request the re-registration of his name in the list of practicing lawyers, except for the lawyer against whom a final decision has been issued to suspend him from practicing the profession, he may not request this until after the expiry of the period of suspension mentioned in the decision.
- The competent department shall consider requests for re-registration in the list of practicing lawyers, unless the lawyer's license is revoked, in which case the provisions and procedures regulating the issuance of the license and registration in the list stipulated in the law and regulations shall be followed.
Article 12:
The license of the lawyer shall be cancelled and his name shall be deleted from the list, by a decision from the competent department, in the following cases:
- The lawyer requested to cancel the license.
- The expiry of the license period without renewing it.
- Issuance of a final court decision or ruling to remove the name from the
list and revoke the license.
- Loss of one of the licensing conditions stipulated in the Law in what is
not considered a disciplinary violation.
- Lawyer's death.
Article 13:
The competent department shall inform the lawyer whose name has been deleted from the list and whose license has been revoked or transferred to the list of non-practicing lawyers within (30) days from the date of deletion or transfer.