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,
and Royal Decree 22/78 Issuing the Law of the Customs Statute and its amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
A new article numbered 156 is hereby added to the mentioned Law of the Customs Statute issued by Royal Decree 22/78 with the following text:
Article 156
Facilitating the procedures for the release of goods
The Directorate General of Customs has the authority to release goods of all kinds in ports, airports, and all ports of the Sultanate, and the administrative and financial authorities and powers legally vested in the entities related to the goods concerned must be transferred to it, without prejudice to the technical powers of these entities in accordance with the laws and regulations governing this.
Article II
The officers of the entities related to the goods in question working in ports, airports, and all ports of the Sultanate are hereby transferred to the Directorate General of Customs, and coordination must be made with these entities and the Ministry of Finance and Economy to implement this.
Article III
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force after three months from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 22 Rabi Al-Thani 1416
Corresponding to: 18 September 1995
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 560 issued on 1 October 1995.
