We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
and Royal Decree 64/78 Issuing the Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The project for the construction of roads in the Wilayat of Musannah, Suwaiq, Khabura, and Saham in the Batinah Region, as specified in the attached note and masterplans, is hereby deemed a public benefit project.
Article 2
The competent entities may seize, through direct execution, the land necessary for the mentioned project, and all establishments on them, in accordance with the provisions of the mentioned Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit.
Article 3
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 11 Jumada Al-Awwal 1405Corresponding to: 2 February 1985
Qaboos bin SaidSultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 306 issued on 16 February 1985.