We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State of 1975 issued by Royal Decree 26/75 and its amendments,
and the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) at its sixteenth session in Paris on 14 November 1970,
and as required by the public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the mentioned Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property is hereby approved.
Article 2
The Minister of National Heritage shall implement the provisions of the mentioned Convention regarding the deposit of the instrument of accession with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Article 3
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its publication.
Issued on: 12 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1397
Corresponding to: 25 October 1977
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 136 issued on 1 November 1977.