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We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State 26/75 and Decree 13/76 amending it,

and the Unified Insurance Card Agreement for Motor Vehicles Crossing Arab Countries signed by the Sultanate on 22 October 1975,

and based on the matters presented to Us by the Minister of Commerce and Industry after its review by the Diwan of Legislation,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

The mentioned Unified Insurance Card Agreement for Motor Vehicles Crossing Arab Countries is hereby ratified.

Article 2

This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and is considered in force as of the date of its publication.

Issued on: 24 Rajab 1397
Corresponding to: 11 July 1977

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

This decree was published in Official Gazette 130 issued on 1 August 1977.

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Published in Official Gazette 130 issued on 1 August 1977.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of Decree 12/76 Establishing the Ministry of Youth Affairs,

Decree 21/76 determining the mandates of that ministry,

and Decree 10/75 Issuing the Law Governing Scouting in the Sultanate of Oman and its amendments,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

The text of article 6 of part two of the mentioned Law Governing Scouting in the Sultanate of Oman is hereby repealed and replaced with the following text:

Article 6

The Scouts and Guides National Authority is managed by a board of directors formed of:

The president of the authority, who is appointed by royal decision

Minister of Education Deputy chairman

Director General of Girls’ Education at the Ministry of Education Member

Director General of Radio and Television at the Ministry of Information and Culture Member

Director General of Social Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Member

Director of Youth Affairs at the Ministry of Youth Affairs Member

Director of Budget at the Ministry of Finance Member

Educational supervisors in the regions of the Sultanate at the Ministry of Education Members

Seven women involved in the guides movement at the Ministry of Education and the Omani Women’s Association Members

Chief Scout Commissioner of the Sultanate Member

In their first meeting, they shall form among themselves a Scout Association and a Guide Association, determining the mandates and responsibilities of each of the two associations. Then, the chairman, the secretary, the treasurer, and the training supervisor for each of them must be elected.

Article 2

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

Issued on: 13 Rajab 1397
Corresponding to: 30 June 1977

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 129 issued on 16 July 1977.

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Published in Official Gazette 129 issued on 16 July 1977.

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Published in Official Gazette 128 issued on 2 July 1977.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State 26/75 and Royal Decree 13/76 amending it,

and the Royal Decree on the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, and the Exclusive Fisheries Zone in the Sultanate issued on 17 July 1972,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

Article 6 of chapter three of the Royal Decree on Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, and the Exclusive Fisheries Zone in the Sultanate issued on 17 July 1972 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The exclusive fisheries zone in the Sultanate extends for a distance of two hundred nautical miles towards the sea, measured starting from the baselines from which the width of the territorial sea is measured.

2. In the event that the coast of another state lies opposite or adjacent to the coast of the Sultanate of Oman, the outer limits of the exclusive fisheries zone in the Sultanate must be determined by the median line, every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points on the baselines from which the width of the territorial waters of the Sultanate and the territorial waters of the other states are measured.

Article 2

Those concerned shall implement this decree, and it comes into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

Issued on: 28 Jumada Al-Thani 1397
Corresponding to: 15 June 1977

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 128 issued on 2 July 1977.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State 26/75 and its amendments,

and based on the matters presented to Us by the Council of Ministers after its review by the Diwan of Legislation,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

A council is hereby established to supervise vocational training in the Ministry of Education.

Article 2

The council is hereby formed as follows:

Minister of Education Chairman

Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Deputy chairman

Minister of Commerce and Industry Member

Undersecretary of the Directorate General of Finance Member

A representative of the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Secretary general of the council

The council may seek the assistance of experts in its field of competence in carrying out its work.

Article 3

The council has the following mandates:

(a) Setting the objectives of the education policy and linking them to the objectives and policy of vocational training, and to the needs of the national economy within the framework of development plans.

(b) Developing an implementation programme for these objectives and policies over the years of each development plan, and submitting this programme to the Development Council.

(c) Coordinating between the objectives and needs of education and the objectives and needs of vocational training.

(d) Following up on the implementation of the education and vocational training programme.

Article 4

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

Issued on: 27 Jumada Al-Thani 1397
Corresponding to: 14 June 1977

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 128 issued on 2 July 1977.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State of 1975 and its amendments,

and the Agreement Signed Between the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the United States of America in 1971 Concerning the Regulation of the Work of the American Peace Corps,

and based on the matters presented to Us by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs after its review by the Diwan of Legislation,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is hereby authorised to sign on Our behalf the amended final version of the mentioned Agreement Regulating the Work of the American Peace Corps.

Article 2

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

Issued on: 27 Jumada Al-Thani 1397
Corresponding to: 14 June 1977

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 128 issued on 2 July 1977.