We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State 26/75 amended by Decree 13/76,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The Directorate General of Standards and Metrology at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is hereby competent to establish Omani standard specifications for products and raw materials used in various industrial sectors.
Article 2
The technical committees for standards formed by this ministry must include representatives from other ministries whose scope of work includes the production of the goods for which standard specifications are to be established.
Article 3
The Minister of Commerce and Industry may issue ministerial decisions on Omani standard specifications, and these standards shall be binding on the owners of various industrial establishments.
Article 4
Without prejudice to any punishment more severe stipulated in any other law, whoever produces goods that violate the binding Omani standards must be punished by a fine no less than two hundred Rial Omani and not exceeding one thousand Rial Omani, and imprisonment for a period ranging from one week to one month, or one of those two punishments.
In the event of a repeat violation, the punishment must be doubled, in addition to the closure of the industrial establishment or that part of the establishment that produces the good that is the subject of the violation, as the case may be.
Article 5
The competent entities shall implement the provisions of this decree, each within its mandate.
Article 6
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its publication.
Issued on: 23 Muharram 1398
Corresponding to: 3 January 1978
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 140 issued on 15 January 1978.