Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Justice Ministry will sign an agreement with the National Center for Information and Statistics (NCIS) of the Interior Ministry to document data on marriages, divorces, heritage and the court verdicts that need to be enforced by the concerned security organs, a local daily reported Monday quoting the ministry's undersecretary. "The link between the two ministries will be done through the Yusr e-government electronic system," Fahd Al-Bakran said. He said the ministry is endeavoring to reduce the need for witnesses in a number of cases by ascertaining the people's data through electronic fingerprinting which the courts and the notaries public need. "For these reasons the ministry will sign an agreement with the NCIS to establish the electronic linkage," the official said. Al-Bakran said the electronic fingerprinting will greatly reduce forging of identity and other official documents. "All the departments under the Interior Ministry such as the Passport Department, Civil Affairs, the Police and others will benefit from the new electronic linkage system," he said. Al-Bakran said the objective behind the linkage is to correlate and document data in a manner that would best serve the interests of the citizens and expatriates. "The two ministries will benefit from each others' data," the official added. He pointed out that the ministry was determined to perform all its work electronically within the project of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to upgrade and modernize the country's judicial system.
