We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
the decision of the General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation at its eighth session in Montreal on 14 June 1954 approving the amendment of articles 48(a), 49(e), and 61 of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago 1944), its decision at its fourteenth session in Rome on 14 September 1962 approving the amendment of article 48(a) of the same convention, and its decision at its twenty-eighth extraordinary session in Montreal on 25 October 1990 approving the amendment of article 50(a) of the mentioned convention,
and the protocols for the mentioned amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The mentioned protocols amending the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago 1944) are hereby ratified.
Article II
The relevant entities shall undertake the necessary measures to implement the mentioned amendments, each within the limits of its mandates.
Article III
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 17 Sha’ban 1417
Corresponding to: 28 December 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.