Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion: Ministerial Decision 386/2022 regarding the Provision of the Electronic Payment Service to Consumers

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Based on the Commercial Law promulgated by Royal Decree 55/90,

the Commercial Companies Law promulgated by Royal Decree 18/2019,

and Royal Decree 97/2020 Amending the Name of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

Commercial establishments and companies operating in the activities mentioned in the annex attached to this decision shall provide electronic payment service to all consumers.

Article II

The ministry may, when the provisions of this decision are violated, impose any of the following administrative penalties:

1. Warning and requiring the violator to provide electronic payment service within a period not exceeding 20 (twenty) days.

2. An administrative fine of 100 (one hundred) Rial Omani.

Article III

This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force after 30 (thirty) days from the date of its publication.

Issued on: 12 Ramadan 1443
Corresponding to: 14 April 2022

Qais bin Mohammed bin Moosa Al-Yousef
Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion

Published in Official Gazette 1438 issued on 17 April 2022.