His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik issues two Royal Decrees

His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik issues two Royal Decrees

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has issued two Royal Decrees as follows:Royal Decree No. 120/2020 is on amendment of some provisions of the Penal Procedures LawArticle (1) replaces the second paragraph of Article (221) of the Penal Procedures Law with the following text:" However, the Penal Court shall not issue death sentence expect unanimously and shall prior to issuance of the judgment send the papers to a committee to be formed by orders of His Majesty the Sultan and to be chaired by the Sultanate's Grand Mufti or his assistannt and membership of two persons with experience to be nominated by the chairman of the committee for expressing their opinion on the basis of Sharia , however, if the opinion of the committee has not reached the court