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Legal issue
Under the pension statute applied by the Court, a pension or end-of-service gratuity could not be assigned or attached except for a government debt; a private bank could not attach the whole pension.
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Published principle
The Arabic text published by the Supreme Court is the primary source. The English translation was published by the Technical Bureau; Russian and Chinese are unofficial Smart Global Capital editorial translations.
This is a published legal principle—an extract selected by the Supreme Court of Oman Technical Bureau—not the full text of the judgment.
Article 6 of the Law on Pensions and End-of-Service Gratuities promulgated by Royal Decree No. 26/1986, in the version applied by the Court, prohibited assignment or attachment of a pension or gratuity except for a debt due to the government. It was therefore impermissible to attach the entire pension to satisfy a debt owed to a private bank.
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Applicability
The holding is based on the former pension regime. Following social-protection reform, the applicable scheme, accrual date and attachable share must be identified. This is an account of the published principle, not a full judgment translation.
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Related instruments
- Law on Pensions and End-of-Service Gratuities, Royal Decree No. 26/1986, Article 6, in the version applied
- Current social-protection legislation
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