Organization of the General Security Directorate

Type

Decree-Law

Number

61

Date of the text

04/04/1953

Official Gazette

published in 1953

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

33

What it provides

This legislative decree organizes the General Directorate of General Security under the Ministry of Interior, defining its duties such as gathering intelligence on state security, monitoring foreigners and political parties, and issuing passports, and listing its departments and their respective functions.

What has changed this text

• Repealed by Decree-Law No. 19/1955 of 15/01/1955

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1953. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.