Saja Al-Hosni – Decree Blog https://blog.decree.om Wed, 08 Jan 2025 04:28:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/blog.decree.om/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/favicon-decree.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Saja Al-Hosni – Decree Blog https://blog.decree.om 32 32 197035704 New Amendment to the Penal Law https://blog.decree.om/2025/new-amendment-to-the-penal-law/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 04:05:57 +0000 https://blog.decree.om/?p=2785 His Majesty Sultan Hitham issued yesterday Royal Decree 11/2025 amending article 71 of Omani Penal Law. The previous text of article 71 gave the courts the power to stay the execution of a punishment, i.e. choose not to implement it, if the circumstances of the convict justify this (such his age or the history of his behaviour).

The new amendment to article 71 of the Penal Law limits the ability of the court to choose not to implement a punishment by stipulating that this power of the court is only available in regard to punishments other than those relating to state security crimes, offenses that undermine the stature of the state, or terrorism and terrorism financing crimes.

This means that if someone is convicted in one of these newly listed crimes, the court has no choice but to implement the punishment imposed against them and the judge will not have the power to stay the execution of these punishments no matter the circumstances of the convict.

This new amendment will enter into force next week. You can read the full texts of Royal Decree 11/2025 in English on the link below:

Royal Decree 11/2025 Amending Some Provisions of the Omani Penal Law
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