Wednesday 16 / October / 2024
Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik today issued two Royal decrees reading as follows:
Royal Decree No. 47/2024 promulgates a Law on Protection of Bank Deposits, after presenting the same before the Council of Oman.
Article (1) stipulates that the Law on Protection of Bank Deposits attached to this decree shall be enforced.
Article (2) states that all origins, rights, obligations and assets pertaining to the system of insurance of bank deposits cited in the Law on Bank Deposits Insurance Scheme promulgated by Royal decree No. (9/95) shall be transferred to the “insurance fund for the protection of deposits in licensed establishments of conventional origin”, cited in the law attached to this decree.
Article (3) instructs the Governor of the Central Bank of Oman to issue the Executive Regulation of the attached law, as well as the decisions necessary for the implementation of its provisions. Till such time, the existing regulations and decisions shall continue to be implemented without prejudice to the provisions of the law attached to this decree.
Article (4) annuls the aforementioned Law on Bank Deposits Insurance Scheme promulgated by Royal Decree No. 9/95, as well as all that contradicts the attached law or contravenes its provisions.
Article (5) says that this decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced from the day following its date of publishing.
Royal decree No. (48/2024) ratifies an agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on mutual visa waiver for holders of Diplomatic, Special and Service passports, signed in Muscat on 26 June 2024.
Article (1) ratifies the aforementioned agreement in accordance with the version attached to this decree.
Article (2) says that this Royal decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced from its date of issue.
