Judicial powers granted to officers protecting against monopoly in Oman

  • Date: 23-Oct-2020
  • Source: Times of Oman
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Oman
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Judicial powers granted to officers protecting against monopoly in Oman

Oman

Monday 19/October/2020 12:09 PM

By: Times News Service

Muscat: A ministerial decision has been issued granting powers of judicial seizure to employees responsible for implementing the provisions of the Law on Protection of Competition and Prevention of Monopoly.

The Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs issued a decision granting the status to some employees of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment Promotion.

The first article of the decision stipulates: "The occupants of the competitor specialist position, each within his jurisdiction, shall be empowered to have the capacity of judicial policing to implement the provisions of the aforementioned Competition Protection and Monopoly Prevention Law and the decisions issued in implementation of its provisions."