Category: Royal Decree

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.

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 Statutes of the Standardization Organization of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, which was approved by the Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council at its twenty-fourth session held in the State of Kuwait on 21 and 22 December 2003,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The mentioned Statutes of the Standardization Organization of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf is hereby ratified in the form attached.

Article II

The competent minister shall deposit the instrument of ratification with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the headquarters state.

Article III

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

Issued on: 14 Safar 1425
Corresponding to: 4 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 Police Law issued by Royal Decree 35/90 and its amendments,

Royal Decree 24/99 Regulating the Practice of the Activity of Providing Additional Security Services,

and Royal Decree 25/99 Licensing the Security and Fire Services Corporation to Exercise the Activity of Providing Additional Security Services,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The text of article II(2) of the mentioned Royal Decree 24/99 is hereby replaced with the following text:

2. Security guard services using guards trained or not trained to carry and use weapons.

Article II

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

Issued on: 14 Safar 1425
Corresponding to: 4 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 Commercial Companies Law 4/74 and its amendments,

and Royal Decree 7/82 Establishing Oman Oil Refinery LLC and its amendments,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Paragraph (d) is hereby added to article II of the mentioned Royal Decree 7/82 with the following text:

(d) Establishing and operating refineries and projects for the production of petroleum and natural gas derivatives and the export of their products, and contributing to companies operating in the mentioned fields.

Article II

The texts of articles V and VI of the mentioned Royal Decree 7/82 are hereby replaced with the following texts:

Article V

The duration of the company is fifty Gregorian years and may be extended or renewed by royal decree.

Article VI

The company may obtain from the government the crude oil and natural gas it requires in sufficient quantities to achieve its objectives.

Article III

The constitutive contract of the company and its articles of association must be amended in accordance with the provisions of this decree.

Article IV

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

Issued on: 14 Safar 1425
Corresponding to: 4 April 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 765 issued on 17 April 2004.

Arabic Auto Translate

Published in Official Gazette 764 issued on 3 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 Judicial Authority Law issued by Royal Decree 90/99 and its amendments,

the Public Prosecution Law issued by Royal Decree 92/99,

and Royal Decree 110/2000 Issuing the Schedule of the Salaries, Allowances, and Stipends of Judges, Members of the Administrative Court, and Members of the Public Prosecution,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Hussain bin Ali bin Zahir Al-Hilali is hereby appointed Public Prosecutor.

Article II

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

Issued on: 29 Muharram 1425
Corresponding to: 21 March 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 764 issued on 3 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 Civil Service Law issued by Royal Decree 8/80 and its amendments,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Sheikh Abdullah bin Saif bin Hilal Al-Mahrouqi is hereby appointed Deputy Governor of Dhofar.

Article II

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

Issued on: 29 Muharram 1425
Corresponding to: 21 March 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 764 issued on 3 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 International Road Transport Agreement Between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Republic of Turkey signed in Muscat on 13 January 2004,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The mentioned International Road Transport Agreement Between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Republic of Turkey 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: 25 Muharram 1425
Corresponding to: 17 March 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 764 issued on 3 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 Agreement on Trade Exchange and Economic, Technical, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation Between the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Turkey signed in Muscat on 20 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1424, corresponding to 13 January 2004,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The mentioned 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: 25 Muharram 1425
Corresponding to: 17 March 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 764 issued on 3 April 2004.