Royal Decree 7/98 Amending Some Provisions of the System of the College of Sharia and Law Issued by Royal Decree 26/97

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

Royal Decree 13/97 Amending the Name of the Commercial Dispute Resolution Authority and Its Composition, Mandates, and System for Examining Claims and Requests for Arbitration Made Before It,

the System of the College of Sharia and Law issued by Royal Decree 26/97,

Royal Decree 84/97 Amending the Names of Some Ministries, Establishing a Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs, and Abolishing the Ministry of Development,

and Royal Decree 85/97 Recomposing the Council of Ministers,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The text of the first paragraph of article 7 of the mentioned System of the College of Sharia and Law is hereby replaced with the following text:

The college must have a board of trustees chaired by the Minister of Higher Education and the membership of the following:

– The Minister of Justice

– The Minister of Legal Affairs

– The Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs

– The Inspector General of Police and Customs

– The President of the Criminal Court

– The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education

– The President of the Commercial Court

Article II

This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from 16 December 1997.

Issued on: 26 Shawwal 1418
Corresponding to: 23 February 1998

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 618 issued on 1 March 1998.