Category: Royal Decree

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and the Law Governing the Foreign Ministry promulgated by Royal Decree 32/2008,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Ambassador Sheikh Abdullah bin Saleh bin Hilal Al-Saadi, Our ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, is hereby appointed a non-resident ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Ours to Mongolia.

Article II

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

Issued on: 20 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 21 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 872 issued on 6 October 2008.

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 Oil and Minerals Law issued by Royal Decree 42/74,

Royal Decree 90/2006 Approving the Petroleum Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Hawasnah Limited Liability Company (Block 43B),

and the collection of documents by which Hawasnah Limited Liability Company assigned part of its rights and obligations in the petroleum agreement signed on 28 June 2006 (Block 43B) to Mari Gas Limited, which accepts this assignment,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The assignment by Hawasnah Limited Liability Company of 25% of its rights and obligations in the mentioned petroleum agreement signed on 28 June 2006 to Mari Gas Limited is hereby approved.

Article II

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

Issued on: 20 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 21 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 872 issued on 6 October 2008.

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 Statistics Law issued by Royal Decree 29/2001,

Royal Decree 84/2007 Conducting the General Census of Population, Residences, and Establishments for 2010,

and the decision of the Ministerial Committee for Planning and Development of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf at its eighteenth meeting agreeing to set the month of April 2010 as the starting reference time for all the states of the council,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The text of article 1 of the provisions on conducting the General Census of Population, Residences, and Establishments for 2010 attached to the mentioned Royal Decree 84/2007 is hereby replaced with the following text: “A comprehensive census of population, residences, and establishments must be conducted, its procedures must be completed, and the actual counting must begin in April 2010.”

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: 20 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 21 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 872 issued on 6 October 2008.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

the Agreement on the Arab Collective Negotiation Mechanism with Regional and Sub-Regional Blocs in the Field of Air Transport signed on 17 Sha’ban 1326, corresponding to 11 September 2006,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified.

Article II

Competent entities shall deposit the instrument of ratification for the aforementioned agreement in accordance with its provisions.

Article III

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

Issued on: 20 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 21 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 872 issued on 6 October 2008.

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 18/97 Establishing an Omani Closed Joint Stock Company Named “Oman Development Bank”,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

A new article numbered 36 is hereby added to the annex attached to the mentioned Royal Decree 18/97 with the following text:

Article 36

Loan contracts signed in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 40/87 or chapter three of Royal Decree 17/97 shall continue in the event that the percentage of non-Omani ownership in the capital of the borrowing project exceeds the maximum limit stipulated in these two decrees during the period of validity of the loan and not exceeding 70% of the capital, with the approval of the Council of Ministers, based on the proposal of the Minister of National Economy supervising the Ministry of Finance.

Article II

All that is contrary to this decree, or in conflict with its provisions, is hereby repealed.

Article III

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

Issued on: 20 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 21 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 872 issued on 6 October 2008.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and the Agreement on Air Transport Liberalisation Between Arab States signed on 17 Sha’ban 1426, corresponding to 11 September 2006,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified.

Article II

Competent entities shall deposit the instrument of ratification for the aforementioned agreement in accordance with its provisions.

Article III

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

Issued on: 20 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 21 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 872 issued on 6 October 2008.

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 of Muscat Municipality issued by Royal Decree 8/92,

and the Law Concerning the Officer System of the Diwan of Royal Court issued by Royal Decree 97/97,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Engineer Sultan bin Hamdoon bin Saif Al-Harthi is hereby appointed Chairman of Muscat Municipality with the grade of undersecretary of a ministry.

Article II

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

Issued on: 5 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 6 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 871 issued on 15 September 2008.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and the Law concerning the Employee System of the Diwan of Royal Court promulgated by Royal Decree 97/97,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Engineer Abdullah bin Abbas bin Ahmed is hereby appointed Secretary General of the Diwan of Royal Court with his same grade and financial allocations.

Article II

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

Issued on: 5 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 6 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 871 issued on 15 September 2008.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al-Bakri is hereby appointed Minister of Manpower.

Article II

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

Issued on: 5 Ramadan 1429
Corresponding to: 6 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 871 issued on 15 September 2008.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

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

and the Agreement on Legal and Judicial Cooperation in Civil, Commercial, and Criminal Matters between the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Turkey, signed in Ankara on 2 Jumada Al-Thani 1429, corresponding to 6 June 2008,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified.

Article II

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

Issued on: 30 Sha’ban 1429
Corresponding to: 1 September 2008

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 871 issued on 15 September 2008.