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Statement of the Supreme Committee
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.
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.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication. Issued on: 24 Safar 1442 Corresponding to: 12 October 2020Haitham bin Tarik Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 1362 issued on 18 October 2020.