What's the difference between a felony, misdemeanour, and
offences?
The Omani Penal Code specified three categories of offences
classified according to the length of the custodial sentence and
the fine:
Felonies: offences punishable by death,
absolute imprisonment, or temporary imprisonment from (3) three to
(15) fifteen years.
Misdemeanours: These offences are punishable by
imprisonment for a term of not less than 10 days, not more than 3
years, a fine of not less than 100 hundred Omani rials and not more
than 1000 thousand Omani rials, one of these penalties.
Offences: These offences are punishable by
imprisonment for a term not exceeding (10) days, a fine not less
than (10) Omani rials, or (100) 100 Omani rials, either of these
two penalties.
