Published in Official Gazette 1427 issued on 30 January 2022.
Category: Ministerial Decision
Based on the Judicial Authority Law promulgated by Royal Decree 90/99,
Royal Decree 10/2012 regarding the Governance of the Administration of Judicial Affairs,
Ministerial Decision 128/2001 Determining Legal Works That Are Equivalent to Judicial Work,
and the approval of the Council of Administrative Affairs of the Judiciary,
and in pursuance of public interest,
it is hereby decided
Article I
The following legal works are hereby deemed equivalent to judicial work:
1. Investigation works, rendering fatwas, and expressing opinions on legal issues.
2. Preparing and reviewing contracts.
3. Preparing legal research.
4. Preparing and reviewing draft laws, regulations, and decisions of a regulatory nature.
5. Notarial work with the public notary.
6. The work of secretaries in the courts and the Public Prosecution.
7. The work of enforcement process servers and the work of inheritance in the courts.
8. The work of the directors of the secretariat of the courts and the heads of the hearing affairs sections who served as “secretary” or “process servers”.
9. The work of the committees with judicial competence.
10. Arbitration works in civil and commercial matters.
11. Evidence gathering and investigation by police officers.
Article II
The work stipulated in article 1 of this decision must be continuous and original, after obtaining a certificate in Islamic Sharia or law from a recognised university, college, or higher institute.
Article III
The aforementioned Ministerial Decision 128/2001 is hereby repealed.
Article IV
This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.
Issued on: 21 Jumada Al-Akhira 1443
Corresponding to: 24 January 2022
Khalifa bin Said bin Khalifa Al-Busaidi
President of the Supreme Court
Vice-President of the Supreme Judicial Council
President of the Council of the Administrative Affairs of the Judiciary
Published in Official Gazette 1427 issued on 30 January 2022.
Published in Official Gazette 1426 issued on 23 January 2022.
Published in Official Gazette 1426 issued on 23 January 2022.
This decision was repealed by SMEDA Decision 305/2023.
Published in Official Gazette 1426 issued on 23 January 2022.
Published in Official Gazette 1427 issued on 30 January 2022.
Based on the Insurance Companies Law promulgated by Royal Decree 12/79,
the Vehicle Insurance Law promulgated by Royal Decree 34/94,
the Executive Regulation of the Insurance Companies Law issued by Ministerial Decision 5/80,
the decision to renew the license registration of AXA Insurance Company (Gulf) BSC (Closed) to practise the activities of general insurance and life and savings insurance E/85/2021,
and to the letter from the office of Said Al-Shahry and Partners for Advocacy and Legal Consultancy, dated 29 December 2021, Requesting the Amendment of the Name of AXA Insurance Company (Gulf) BSC (Closed) to Gulf Insurance Group (Gulf) BSC Closed (Sultanate of Oman Branch),
and in pursuance of public interest,
it is hereby decided
Article I
The name of “AXA Insurance Company (Gulf) BSC (Closed)”, mentioned in the aforementioned Decision E/85/2021, is hereby amended to “Gulf Insurance Group (Gulf) BSC Closed (Sultanate of Oman Branch)” as of the date of issuance of this decision.
Article II
This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette.
Issued on: 3 Jumada Al-Thani 1443
Corresponding to: 6 January 2022
Abdullah bin Salim bin Abdullah Al-Salmi
Executive President of the Capital Market Authority
Published in Official Gazette 1425 issued on 16 January 2022.
Published in Official Gazette 1423 issued on 2 January 2022.
Published in Official Gazette 1423 issued on 2 January 2022.
Based on the Commercial Companies Law promulgated by Royal Decree 18/2019,
and in pursuance of public interest,
it is hereby decided
Article I
Public joint stock companies shall deduct a percentage of not less than 20% (twenty percent) from their budget allocated for social responsibility programmes for the benefit of Oman Charitable Organisation.
Article II
This decision must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.
Issued on: 25 Jumada Al-Awwal 1443
Corresponding to: 30 December 2021
Sultan bin Salim bin Said Al-Habsi
Minister of Finance
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Capital Market Authority
Published in Official Gazette 1424 issued on 9 January 2022.