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The Supreme Committee expresses its deep concern as some individuals continue to gather in occasions, flouting the pandemic preventive norms, and have caused a spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths.

The Committee therefore urges all citizens and residents to join the national effort to fight the pandemic, and to report any incidents violating its decisions.

The Committee confirms the decision to start the school year for all students on Sunday, November 1st, 2020, adopting the blended curriculum for all schools, and focusing on distance learning.

The Committee has approved to open the doors to volunteering in various sectors which address the pandemic, and the competent authorities will announce the governing mechanisms.

Eventually, the committee wishes to note that the night movement ban will end on Saturday, October 24th, 2020 at 05:00 a.m.

Ministerial Decision

Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning: Ministerial Decision 357/2020 regarding the Controls for the Sale of Residential Real Estate Units under the Usufruct System to Non-Omanis in Multistorey Residential Commercial Buildings

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Post date October 15, 2020

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Based on the System of Ownership of Apartments and Floors promulgated by Royal Decree 48/89,

the Real Estate Register System promulgated by Royal Decree 2/98,

the Law on the Prohibition of the Ownership of Land and Real Estate by Non-Omanis in Certain Places promulgated by Royal Decree 29/2018,

Royal Decree 93/2020 Amending the Name of the Ministry of Housing to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

and the approval of the Ministry of Finance,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

The attached controls shall apply in regard to the sale of residential real estate units under the usufruct system to non-Omanis in multistorey residential commercial buildings.

Article II

The Minister of Housing and Urban Planning shall determine the locations for the sale of residential real estate units under the usufruct system to non-Omanis in accordance with the adopted planning standards.

Article III

This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.

Issued on: 27 Safar 1442
Corresponding to: 15 October 2020

Dr Khalfan bin Said bin Mubarak Al-Shuaili
Minister of Housing and Urban Planning

Published in Official Gazette 1362 issued on 18 October 2020.

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Ministerial Decision

Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology: Decision 89/2020 Issuing the Regulation Governing the Work of Ship Agents and Cargo Agents

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Post date October 15, 2020

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Published in Official Gazette 1372 issued on 27 December 2020.

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Ministerial Decision

Civil Aviation Authority: Decision 669/2020 Amending Some Provisions of the Executive Regulation of the Civil Aviation Law

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Post date October 15, 2020

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Published in Official Gazette 1364 issued on 1 November 2020.

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Royal Decree

Royal Decree 120/2020 Amending Some Provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law

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Post date October 12, 2020

Arabic
We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Criminal Procedure Law promulgated by Royal Decree 97/99,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The text of the second paragraph of article 221 of the aforementioned Criminal Procedure Law is hereby replaced with the following text:

The felony court shall not issue a death sentence except by consensus. It shall, prior to issuing such a sentence, send the related documents to a committee to be formed by orders of His Majesty the Sultan under the chairmanship of the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate or his assistant, and with the membership of two persons of expertise to be nominated by the chairman of the committee to offer their opinion from a Sharia perspective. If the opinion of the committee does not reach the court within sixty days following receipt of the related documents, the court shall rule on the case, and If no consensus is reached, the death sentence will be replaced with life imprisonment.