We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
and Royal Decree 79/81 Establishing the Commercial Court and its amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
A new article numbered 4bis is hereby added to the mentioned Royal Decree 79/81 with the following text:
Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding article, the criminal circuit has jurisdiction to rule on labour lawsuits, regardless of their value, and also has jurisdiction to rule on incidental claims submitted in these lawsuits or related to the original petition, regardless of their type or value.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from 1 July 1997.
Issued on: 2 Jumada Al-Akhirah 1418
Corresponding to: 4 October 1997
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 609 issued on 15 October 1997.