We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
Based on the fact that the value of the property on which the assessment of diyat and arsh is based in the Muhammadan Sharia has increased from what it was previously,
after perusal of the opinion of the review committee composed of the sheikh judges on the determination of diyat and arsh, and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The diyat for a man is hereby 2,400 (two thousand and four hundred) Rial Omani and the diyat for a woman is hereby half the diyat for a man.
Article 2
The arsh for injuries is hereby determined according to the rule on the basis of which the original diyat is determined.
Article 3
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its publication.
Issued on: 4 Jumada Al-Thani 1395
Corresponding to: 14 June 1975
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 82 issued on 1 July 1975.