A new draft Omani penal code, which has been prepared to compliment the modern era, has been discussed and approved by members of the Shura Council.

A new draft Omani penal code, which has been prepared to compliment the modern era, has been discussed and approved by members of the Shura Council.
The new penal code will extend the purview of the current law, which was issued in 1974. The project includes changing the tariff for a life sentence from all of a prisoner’s remaining years to 25 years, in line with similar punishments in countries around the world and introduce lethal injection as method of execution instead firing squad.
After the approval by the Shura Coucil, the text went to the State Council which agrees on the release on parole but not with the proposal that the maximum jail sentence should be no more than 25 years. In case of bloody money for capital crimes, the death penalty may be commuted to life imprisonment according to the State Council. On 21 june 2016, after the State Council delibertes on the draft of this new Omani penal code, it was transmitted to the Sultan Qaboos bin Said with the advices of both the Councils.