Royal Decree No 12/2011
Issuing the Cyber Crime Law
We Sultan Bin Saeed
Sultan of Oman
After perusal to the Basic Law issued by RD No 101/96, and
The Omani Penal Law issued by RD No 7/74, and
The Law of Job Secrets and Protected Areas issued by RD No 36/75, and
The Law of Protecting National Heritage issued by RD No 6/80, and
The Law of Weapons and Ammunitions issued by RD No 36/90, and
The Law of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances issued by RD No 17/99, and
The Law of The Judicial Authority issued by RD No 90/99, and
The Law of Criminal Procedure issued by RD No 97/99, and
The Backing Law issued by RD No 114/2000, and
The Law of Telecommunications Regulatory issued by RD 30/2002, and
The Law of Terrorism issued by RD No 8/2007, and
The Law of Juvenile Liability issued by RD No 30/2008, and
The Law of Copy Rights and related Rights issued by RD No 65/2008, and
The Law of Industrial Rights issued by RD No 67/2008, and
The Law of Electronic Transactions issued by RD No 69/2008, and
The Law of Human Trafficking issued by RD No 126/2008, and
The Law of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing issued by RD No 79/2010, and
And on The Exigencies of Public Interest.
We hereby decree as follows:
Article I
The provisions of The Law of Cyber Crime attached shall be applied.
Article II
Section two (repeated) of chapter seven the Omani Penal Law shall be
repealed and anything contradict or conflict the attached law.
Article III
This decree shall be published in the official gazette and shall come into
force in the day following the date of its publication.
Issued on 2 Rabie Al-awwal 1432 H
Corresponding to 6th February 2011
Qaboos Bin Said
Sultan of Oman
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