We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
and the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling signed in Washington on 2 December 1946, the Protocol signed in Washington on 19 November 1956, and the Schedule dated April 1979 as amended by the London meeting in July 1979 and both attached to it,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the mentioned International Whaling Convention and the protocol and schedule attached to it is hereby ratified.
Article 2
The competent entities shall implement this agreement, and it shall become effective for the Sultanate of Oman from the date of the notification of accession in accordance with the provisions of article X of the mentioned convention.
Article 3
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 5 Sha’ban 1400
Corresponding to: 19 June 1980
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 197 issued on 1 July 1980.