OMR5,000 fine, jail time for chopping wild trees in Oman

Oman Tuesday 11/December/2018 14:26 PM
By: Times News Service
OMR5,000 fine, jail time for chopping wild trees in Oman

Muscat: The destruction of wild trees may cost you three months' imprisonment and a fine of OMR5,000, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs said in a notice on Tuesday.
According to Articles 38 and 41 of the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Law, issued By Royal Decree 114/2001: "The cost of cutting wild trees may be up to three months imprisonment and a fine of OMR5,000, with the confiscation of the tools used and the repair of the site prior to the violation."