Legal Basics Royal Decree No. (87/2001)
On Holding the General Census of Population, Housing & Establishments

We, Qaboos bin Said, The Sultan of Oman.

After reviewing the State Basic Law promulgated by Royal Decree No. 101/96, the Law of Statistics issued by Royal Decree No. 29/2001 and as necessitated in:

Have decreed the following:

Article 1	The provisions pertaining to holding the General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments shall be put into effect.
Article 2	This Decree shall be published in the official gazette and shall be enforced as of the date of its publication.
Qaboos bin Said Sultan of Oman
Issued on :	1st Jumada al Ula, 1422 AH 22 July, 2001

Provisions Governing Holding
The General Census

Article 1	A comprehensive Population, Housing & Establishments Census shall be carried out and all procedures be completed so that actual enumeration shall commence in December 2003.
Article 2	The Ministry of National Economy shall carry out all the procedures necessary to hold the Census in the date specified in article (1).
Article 3	The Minister of National Economy shall be nominated Census General Supervisor.
Article 4	A National Supreme Committee for the Census shall be formed under the chairpersonship of the Minister of National Heritage and Culture, and membership of: - Minister of National Economy Vice Chairperson - Minister of Interior - Minister of Education - Minister of Health - Minister of Information - Minister of Social Affairs, Labour & Vocational Training -  Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar - General Inspector, Police & Customs - Chancellor, Sultan Qaboos University - Undersecretary of the Ministry of National Economy for Development Affairs. - Director General, Census Project Secretary & Rapporteur To perform its tasks, the Committee may seek assistance from government officials, experts and others whom it feels useful, and it is authorized to form sub-committees to carry out defined tasks.
Article 5	The National Supreme Committee for the Census shall be authorized with the following: Approving the census moment, study the relevant procedures with the concerned government apparatus and take the necessary steps facilitating implementation of these procedures. Approving the human and financial requirements plan essential for conducting the Census and taking the procedures necessary for its implementation. Determining the statistical data required to be technically collected during the Census in light of the various government unit needs, and approving the data forms designed for the purpose. Stating its opinion on matters referred to it by the General Supervisor of the Census.
Article 6	The Minister of National Economy shall issue a decision forming a census project's technical committee, defining its responsibilities and approving the project's organizational structure.
Article 7	The Census Project shall be exempted from all rules and provisions of expenditure, tender systems, financial procedures, and other rules and applicable regulations enforced in the Sultanate. The Minister of National Economy shall draft a financial and accounting system specially designed for the project that shall be put into effect after its approval by the Council of Ministers
Article 8	It is strictly prohibited to tamper with the plates and the numbers fixed at the building facades and frontages on purpose serving of the census objectives.
Article 9	Any one who violates the provision of Article (8) of this decree and its executive decisions therein shall be subject to penalties stated in Article (10) of the Statistical.