State Council discusses Omani Penal Law draft

Muscat: In response to the Royal Orders of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the State Council and Majlis Al Shura will hold a joint sitting on Thursday under the chairmanship of Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chairman of the State Council.
The joint session will consider and approve the articles on which there is disagreement between the two Councils with relation to the proposed amendments on the draft Income Tax Law, the draft Foreign Investment Law and the draft Insurance Companies Law.
On the other hand, the State Council will continue on Wednesday its discussion of the draft Omani Penal Code, which was referred from the Council of Ministers and the reports of Majlis Al Shura and the State Council’s Legal Committee on it.
The State Council’s 9th session of the first annual sitting of the sixth term, which was held yesterday under the chair of Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chairman of the State Council witnessed detailed discussions of the draft law.
Discussion to continue
Tomorrow, the State Council will continue its discussions of the remainder articles of the draft law and review some reports from members on their foreign participation. It will also review some incoming letters and the report of the Secretariat General on the activities of the Council during the period between the 7th and 8th sessions.