Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.
Category: Royal Decree
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 Memorandum of Understanding Between the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Sultanate of Oman and the Ministry of Agriculture in the Republic of India on Cooperation in the Field of Agriculture and Related Sectors signed in Muscat on 5 October 1996,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 20 Sha’ban 1417
Corresponding to: 31 December 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.
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 on Environmental Protection and Pollution Control issued by Royal Decree 10/82 and its amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The text of article 30 of the mentioned Law on Environmental Protection and Pollution Control issued by Royal Decree 10/82 is hereby replaced with the following text:
Article 30
Without prejudice to any punishment more severe in any other law, whoever causes the damage of nature reserves or harms the property or flora or fauna within them, whether by cutting, hunting, killing, or in any other form, must be punished by imprisonment for a period no less than six months and not exceeding five years, and a fine no less than one thousand Rial and not exceeding five thousand Rial.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 20 Sha’ban 1417
Corresponding to: 31 December 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.
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 10/95 Ratifying the Agreement Between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for Air Services Between and Beyond Their Respective Territories signed in Tehran on 11 December 1994,
and the amendment of the first paragraph of article 3 and the second paragraph of article 16 of the mentioned agreement,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The amendment of the first paragraph of article 3 and the second paragraph of article 16 of the mentioned Agreement Between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for Air Services Between and Beyond Their Respective Territories is hereby approved.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 18 Sha’ban 1417
Corresponding to: 29 December 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.
Note: This item was repealed by Royal Decree 41/2024.
Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.
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,
and the letters of the Minister of Oil and Minerals dated 27 September 1995 and 5 November 1996 approving the assignment,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
(a) The assignment by Conquest Exploration Oman Inc of 8.57% of its total rights and obligations in the petroleum agreement dated 23 July 1989 to Aegis Energy Inc, which accepts this assignment, is hereby approved.
(b) The assignment by Aegis Energy of 15% of its total rights and obligations in the petroleum agreement dated 23 July 1989 to Suhail bin Salem bin Abdullah Bahwan, who accepts this assignment, is hereby approved.
Article II
With this assignment, the final shares of the parties to the mentioned petroleum agreement are as follows:
| 21.43% | Conquest Exploration Oman Inc. |
| 50% | Arakis Energy Corporation. |
| 13.57% | Aegis Energy Inc. |
| 15% | Suhail bin Salem bin Abdullah Bahwan. |
Article III
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 18 Sha’ban 1417
Corresponding to: 29 December 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.
We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
the decision of the General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation at its eighth session in Montreal on 14 June 1954 approving the amendment of articles 48(a), 49(e), and 61 of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago 1944), its decision at its fourteenth session in Rome on 14 September 1962 approving the amendment of article 48(a) of the same convention, and its decision at its twenty-eighth extraordinary session in Montreal on 25 October 1990 approving the amendment of article 50(a) of the mentioned convention,
and the protocols for the mentioned amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The mentioned protocols amending the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago 1944) are hereby ratified.
Article II
The relevant entities shall undertake the necessary measures to implement the mentioned amendments, each within the limits of its mandates.
Article III
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 17 Sha’ban 1417
Corresponding to: 28 December 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.
We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The Defence Council is hereby formed under the chairmanship of the Sultan and the membership of the following:
– Minister of the Palace Office, Head of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
– Inspector General of Police and Customs.
– Chief of Staff of the Sultan’s Armed Forces.
– Commander of the Royal Army of Oman.
– Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman.
– Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman.
– Commander of the Royal Guard of Oman.
– Head of the Internal Security Service.
Article II
In cases other than those stipulated in article 6 of the Basic Statute of the State, the Defence Council shall meet at the invitation of the Sultan. The council shall consider matters relating to the preservation of the safety of the Sultanate and its defence.
In the case stipulated in the mentioned article 6, the council shall convene by force of law under the chairmanship of its highest-ranking member and in the attendance of at least two-thirds of its members. If more than one member is equal in this rank, the chairmanship must be for the most senior of them, in order to carry out the following:
(a) Inviting the Ruling Family Council to convene to determine to whom the mandate to rule is transferred. If the Defence Council does not take the initiative to issue the invitation, the family council must be deemed to be convened by force of law.
(b) Confirming the person indicated by the Sultan in his letter to the family council, and taking the necessary measures in this regard, if the family council does not agree on the selection of a Sultan for the country within the period specified by law.
The Defence Council shall remain in session until the Sultan takes the oath stipulated in article 7 of the Basic Statute of the State.
Article III
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 17 Sha’ban 1417
Corresponding to: 28 December 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.
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 Memorandum of Understanding on Joint Cooperation in Combating Crime Between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Republic of India signed in Muscat on 5 October 1996,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The Memorandum of Understanding on Joint Cooperation in Combating Crime Between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Republic of India signed in Muscat on 5 October 1996 is hereby ratified.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 17 Sha’ban 1417
Corresponding to: 28 December 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 590 issued on 1 January 1997.
We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
the Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation Between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the French Republic signed in Paris on 1 June 1989,
and the annex to the mentioned agreement and the protocol attached to it, signed in Muscat on 22 October 1996,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The mentioned Annex to the Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation Between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the French Republic and the protocol attached to it are hereby ratified.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 14 Rajab 1417
Corresponding to: 25 November 1996
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 588 issued on 2 December 1996.