Royal Decree 18/84 on Transferring the Responsibility of Supervising the Municipality of the Capital to the Diwan of Royal Court Affairs

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,

Law 4/75 Reorganising the Capital Municipality and its amendments,

and Royal Decree 17/76 Transferring the Responsibility of Supervising the Affairs of the Municipality to the Ministry of Land Affairs,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

The responsibility of supervising the affairs of the Capital Municipality is hereby transferred to the Diwan of Royal Court Affairs

Article 2

The phrase “Diwan of Royal Court Affairs” is hereby replaced with the phrase “Ministry of Land Affairs and Municipalities” wherever it occurs in the mentioned Law 4/75 Reorganising the Capital Municipality and its amendments.

Article 3

Articles 1 and 3 of the mentioned Royal Decree 17/76 are hereby repealed, as well as all that is issued contrary to or in conflict with the provisions of this decree.

Article 4

This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.

Issued on: 28 Jumada Al-Awwal 1404
Corresponding to: 1 March 1984

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 284 issued on 15 March 1984.