Oman Ministerial Decision No. 25/2021-1 On the Issuance of the Regulation of Control Over Lawyers, Law Firms and Civil Law Firms on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
Based on the Oman Sultani Decree No. 88/2020 on the Combination of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Legal Affairs in one Ministry called the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs, the determination of competencies and the approval of organizational structure thereof;
Attorneyship Law issued by Oman Sultani Decree No. 108/1996; and
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Law issued by Oman Sultani Decree No. 30/2016 based on the requirements of public interest;
It is decided as follows:
Article 1
The attached Regulation of the Control of Lawyers, Law Firms and Civil Companies of Law Concerning the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) shall enter into force.
Article 2
The law firms and civil companies of law shall regularize their status according to the provisions of the attached Regulation no later than (3) three months from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.