Ramadan in Oman: Here’re the offenses which can land you in jail

Under the Omani law, it is a criminal offense to eat or drink in open spots during the Ramadan fasting hours. 

Guests and non-muslims should exposed at the top of the priority list that non-Muslim visitors can appreciate dinners in their inns yet far from the perspective on nearby individuals. In any case, it might be hard to discover cafés open during the day. 

Aside from youthful kids underneath the age of 9, anyone discovered drinking or eating before Iftar will be captured under the Sultanate's reformatory code. 

Article 49 of the Penal Code characterizes criminal risk age that begins from the age of nine, top legal counselors were cited in Times of Oman. 

"A discipline of detainment for a period at the very least 10 days and not surpassing three months for whoever is found eating, drinking or breaking the fast durung the fasting hours in open places in the Sultanate," Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al Zadjali, Chairman of Mohammed Ibrahim Law Firm told the day by day. 

Eating inside the car is also prohibited and depends on how the car is parked as it could be visible from outside, the report said. 

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