For the purposes of applying the provisions of this law, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to them as follows:

• Council: The Gulf Cooperation Council.

• Competent Authority: The agencies responsible for protecting public funds and combating corruption.

• Concerned Authority: The entities specified in Article (4).

• Investigating Authority: The public prosecution or the general prosecution or the anti-corruption bodies in the member states of the Council.

• Public Funds: The funds owned by the state or public legal entities and the funds that the laws of the member states of the Council stipulate are subject to oversight.

• Public Servant: Anyone who works in the entities specified in Article (4) or is assigned to a public service therein.

• Article One:

• For the purposes of applying the provisions of this law, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to them as follows:

• Council: The Gulf Cooperation Council.

• Competent Authority: The agencies responsible for protecting public funds and combating corruption.

• Concerned Authority: The entities specified in Article (4).

• Investigating Authority: The public prosecution or the general prosecution or the anti-corruption bodies in the member states of the Council.

• Public Funds: The funds owned by the state or public legal entities and the funds that the laws of the member states of the Council stipulate are subject to oversight.

• Public Servant: Anyone who works in the entities specified in Article (4) or is assigned to a public service therein.

The provisions of this law are considered guidelines insofar as they do not conflict with the national laws in force in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and it shall be effective for a period of two years from the date of its approval by the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Public funds are sacred, and they must be protected and preserved, and no action may be taken regarding them in any form except in accordance with the provisions of the law, and they may not be owned or any real right acquired over them by prescription.

For the purposes of applying the provisions of this law, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to them as follows:

• Council: The Gulf Cooperation Council.

• Competent Authority: The agencies responsible for protecting public funds and combating corruption.

• Concerned Authority: The entities specified in Article (4).

• Investigating Authority: The public prosecution or the general prosecution or the anti-corruption bodies in the member states of the Council.

• Public Funds: The funds owned by the state or by public legal entities and the funds that the laws of the member states of the Council stipulate are subject to oversight.

• Public Servant: Anyone who works in the entities specified in Article (4) or is assigned to a public service therein.

• Article One:

• For the purposes of applying the provisions of this law, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned to them as follows:

• Council: The Gulf Cooperation Council.

• Competent Authority: The agencies responsible for protecting public funds and combating corruption.

• Concerned Authority: The entities specified in Article (4).

• Investigating Authority: The public prosecution or the general prosecution or the anti-corruption bodies in the member states of the Council.

• Public Funds: The funds owned by the state or by public legal entities and the funds that the laws of the member states of the Council stipulate are subject to oversight.

• Public Servant: Anyone who works in the entities specified in Article (4) or is assigned to a public service therein.

This law applies to every public employee who commits any crime specified herein, whether inside or outside the Council states.

Employees designated by a decision from the competent authority in each country shall have the status of judicial officers concerning the provisions of the law.

The relevant authorities that invest funds within or outside the state must submit to the competent authority a complete statement regarding the status of the invested funds, their condition, and the uninvested balances, within () days from the end of the financial year, without prejudice to what is stipulated by other national regulations (laws).