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 4 of the mentioned Civil Service Law is hereby replaced with the following text:
Article 4
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 3 of Royal Decree 52/84 Issuing the Executive Regulation of the Civil Service Law, the Chairman of the Civil Service Council shall issue the regulations implementing the provisions of this law and its amendments.
Article II
A new article numbered 61bis is hereby added to the mentioned Civil Service Law with the following text:
Article 61bis
When an employee is granted special leave without pay to accompany his husband or wife, his job must be reserved for him, and it is permitted to fill it temporarily by appointment or secondment without promotion if the period of leave is not less than a year, provided that it is vacated upon his return.
Article III
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 12 Jumada Al-Awwal 1417
Corresponding to: 25 September 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 584 issued on 1 October 1996.