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 Royal Decree 28/93 Issuing the Traffic Law,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
A new article numbered 51bis is hereby added to the mentioned Traffic Law issued by Royal Decree 28/93 with the following text:
Article 51bis
Without prejudice to any punishment more severe in any other law, whoever leaves animals on the road in a situation that endangers the life or property of others, or disrupts or impedes traffic, must be punished by imprisonment from ten days to thirty days and a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty Rial Omani, or one of those two punishments.
Without prejudice to the right of the concerned parties to compensation for the damage caused by the animal left on the road, the right of the owner of the animal to compensation for the death or injury of the animal due to road accidents is forfeited unless it is proven that the accident was caused by the fault, negligence, or carelessness of the driver of the vehicle, and that the keeper of the animal took all precautions to prevent the accident. In this case, the compensation must be in accordance with the principles determined by a decision issued by the Inspector General of Police in coordination with the competent entities.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 10 Jumada Al-Awwal 1417
Corresponding to: 23 September 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 584 issued on 1 October 1996.