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 7/74 Issuing the Omani Penal Law,
Royal Decree 8/80 Issuing the Civil Service Law and its amendments,
Royal Decree 66/81 Determining the Powers of the Advisor to the State for Criminal Affairs,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
Hilal bin Sultan bin Saif Al-Hosni is hereby appointed President of the Criminal Court with his same grade.
Article 2
Without prejudice to the provisions of the mentioned Royal Decree 66/81, the President of the Criminal Court hereby enjoys judicial independence in the field of his work.
Article 3
Until a royal decree is issued on the scope and statute of the work of the Criminal Court and defining its organisational structure and its financial and administrative status, the court hereby continues to carry out its work by its current means.
Article 4
The mentioned Royal Decree 81/77 is hereby repealed.
Article 5
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its publication.
Issued on: 30 Safar 1402
Corresponding to: 27 December 1981
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 232 issued on 2 January 1982.