Royal Decree 3/2015 Declaring Public Benefit Status to the Project for Executing Section I of the Railway Track (Governorate of Buraimi – Wilayat of Sohar)

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We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and the Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit promulgated by Royal Decree 64/78,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The project for executing Section I of the railway track connecting the Governorate of Buraimi and the Wilayat of Sohar—specified in the attached note and masterplan—is hereby deemed a public benefit project.

Article II

The competent entities may seize, through direct execution, real estate and land necessary for the project, and all establishments on them, in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit.

Article III

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 30 Rabi Al-Awwal 1436
Corresponding to: 21 January 2015

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1088 issued on 26 January 2015.