We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
the Statistics Law issued by Royal Decree 29/2001,
and the decision of the Ministerial Committee for Planning and Development of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf at its eighteenth meeting agreeing to set the month of April 2010 as the starting reference time for all the states of the council,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The text of article 1 of the provisions on conducting the General Census of Population, Residences, and Establishments for 2010 attached to the mentioned Royal Decree 84/2007 is hereby replaced with the following text: “A comprehensive census of population, residences, and establishments must be conducted, its procedures must be completed, and the actual counting must begin in April 2010.”
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.
Issued on: 20 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 21 September 2008
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 872 issued on 6 October 2008.