Oman Sultani Decree No. 120/2020 Amending Some Provisions of the Criminal Procedures Law

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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Criminal Procedure Law promulgated by Oman Sultani Decree No. 97/1999,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

The text of the second paragraph of article 221 of the aforementioned Criminal Procedures Law is hereby replaced with the following text:

  • The felony court shall not issue a death sentence except by consensus. It shall, prior to issuing such a sentence, send the related documents to a committee to be formed by orders of His Majesty the Sultan under the chairmanship of the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate or his assistant, and with the membership of two persons of expertise to be nominated by the chairman of the committee to offer their opinion from a Sharia perspective. If the opinion of the committee does not reach the court within sixty days following receipt of the related documents, the court shall rule on the case, and If no consensus is reached, the death sentence will be replaced with life imprisonment.