Law Prohibiting Water Prospecting on Private Property in the Bekaa Region

Type

Law

Date of the text

14/01/1963

Official Gazette

published in 1963

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

For up to two years, this law bars new groundwater prospecting and well drilling on private property in the Bekaa governorate, except for official surveys and drinking-water supply, and exempts the Baalbek-Hermel district.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1963. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.