Muscat – His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik issued two Royal Decrees on Wednesday reading as follows:

Royal Decree No 6/2022 promulgates the Personal Data Protection Law.

Article 1 stipulates that the Personal Data Protection Law attached to this decree will be enforced.

Article 2 instructs the Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology to issue the Executive Regulation of the said law, as well as the decisions necessary for the implementation of its provisions. Till such time, the existing regulations and decisions will continue to be applied without prejudice to the provisions of this law.

Article 3 cancels the Chapter 7 of the Electronic Transactions Law issued via Royal Decree No 69/2008, as well as all that contradicts the said law or contravenes its provisions.

Article 4 states that this Royal Decree will be published in the Official Gazette and enforced a year after its date of publication.

Royal Decree No 7/2022 ratifies the agreement signed in Muscat on January 24, 2022, by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Republic of Colombia on mutual waiver of visas for holders of diplomatic, special, service and official passports.

Article 1 states that the aforementioned agreement will be ratified in accordance with the version attached to this decree.

Article 2 states that this decree will be published in the Official Gazette and enforced on the date of publication.