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,
Royal Decree 8/80 Issuing the Civil Service Law and its amendments,
and Royal Decree 52/84 Issuing the Executive Regulation of the Civil Service Law,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
A new paragraph is hereby added to each of articles 16 and 84 of the mentioned Civil Service Law as follows:
Article 16(h)
That he has not married a non-Omani woman after 1 February 1986 without obtaining a permit to do so from the Ministry of Interior.
Article 84(j)
Marrying a non-Omani woman after 1 February 1986 without obtaining a permit to do so from the Ministry of Interior.
Article 2
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 12 Jumada Al-Awwal 1406
Corresponding to: 23 January 1986
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 328 issued on 1 February 1986.