A judicial Announcement has been issued in Saudi Arabia stating that power of attorneys issued to local representatives is valid only for five years starting from the date of issuance. The exception for the five years period is if an earlier date was stated in the the power of attorney or if it was revoked during its interim. It should be considered that Saudi Arabia official calendar is the Hijri calendar which is 10-12 days shorter than than the Gregorian calendar. online tools that converts between both calendars are widely available and could be used for the accurate calculations of the period.