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 8/80 Issuing the Civil Service Law and its amendments,
and Royal Decree 52/84 Issuing the Executive Regulation of the Civil Service Law and its amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The text of article 26 of the mentioned Executive Regulation of the Civil Service Law is hereby replaced with the following text:
Article 26
The following are required to occupy the position of director general:
(a) The existence of a directorate general.
(b) That he starts in the fourth grade of the first cycle if he is in a lower grade, provided that he has spent the following periods in the grade he occupies:
– One year if he is in the fifth financial grade of the first circle.
– Three years if he is in the sixth financial grade of the first circle.
– Four years if he is in the first financial grade of the second circle.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 23 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1415
Corresponding to: 23 April 1995
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 550 issued on 1 May 1995.