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Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

Royal Decree 128/91 Issuing the Law Concerning the Financial System of the Diwan of Royal Court,

Royal Decree 86/96 Issuing the Law on Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Omani Employees of the Diwan of Royal Court,

Royal Decree 97/97 Issuing the Law Concerning the Employee System of the Diwan of Royal Court,

and Royal Decree 106/2001 Appointing a Secretary General for Royal Court Affairs,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The Organisational Structure of the Diwan of Royal Court is hereby adopted in the manner specified in the attached annex.

Article II

The Secretary General of the Royal Court Affairs shall carry out the powers prescribed to the minister in the mentioned Law of the Financial Statute of the Diwan of Royal Court, the Law on Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Omani Employees of the Diwan of Royal Court, and the Law Concerning the Employee Statute of the Diwan of Royal Court, and any other laws in regard to the administrative divisions subordinate to the Royal Court Affairs.

Article III

All works and decisions issued regarding the administrative divisions subordinate to the Royal Court Affairs until the date of entry into force of this decree are hereby deemed valid.

Article IV

All that is contrary to this decree is hereby repealed.

Article V

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

Issued on: 24 Safar 1425
Corresponding to: 14 April 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 765 issued on 17 April 2004.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

and the Law Granting Oman Gas Company SAOC the Concession to Manage the Gas Transportation Sector issued by Royal Decree 78/2000 and its amendments,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

A paragraph is hereby added to article 4 of the mentioned Law Granting Oman Gas Company SAOC the Concession to Manage the Gas Transportation Sector, with the following text:

The exemption stipulated in the previous paragraph applies from the date of entry into force of the mentioned Royal Decree 78/2000.

Article II

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

Issued on: 17 Safar 1425
Corresponding to: 7 April 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 765 issued on 17 April 2004.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State issued by Royal Decree 26/75 and its amendments,

Royal Decree 47/92 Adopting the Organisational Structure of the Ministry of Health,

and Royal Decree 38/2002 Determining the Mandates of the Ministry of Health,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The level of the “Computer Directorate” in the Organisational Structure of the Ministry of Health adopted by the mentioned Royal Decree 47/92 is hereby raised to the level of a directorate general named the “Directorate General of Information Technology.”

Article II

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

Issued on: 17 Safar 1425
Corresponding to: 7 April 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 765 issued on 17 April 2004.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict,

and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate to the mentioned protocols is hereby approved.

Article II

Competent entities shall undertake the procedures for accession to the two protocols in accordance with their provisions, subject to the reservations of the Sultanate to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Article III

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

Issued on: 15 Safar 1425
Corresponding to: 5 April 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 765 issued on 17 April 2004.