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,
Royal Decree 42/74 Issuing the Oil and Minerals Law,
Royal Decree 47/81 Issuing the Corporate Income Tax Law,
and the petroleum agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and JAPEX OMAN LTD signed on 4 July 1981 between the Minister of Oil and Minerals representing the Sultanate and the mentioned company,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The mentioned petroleum agreement signed between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and JAPEX OMAN LTD is hereby ratified.
Article 2
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 25 Ramadan 1401
Corresponding to: 27 July 1981
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 222 issued on 5 August 1981.