Determining the Lawsuits and Judicial Proceedings Lost During Incidents

Type

Decree-Law

Number

40

Date of the text

20/05/1977

Official Gazette

published in 1977

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

6

What it provides

This decree allows parties whose lawsuits or applications were lost in the courts or enforcement offices during the hostilities since 26 February 1975 to renew them within six months, with exemption from previously paid fees except certain stamp and registry charges, and regulates proof of lost cases and reconstruction

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 64/1983 of 09/09/1983, articles 2
• Extended by Law No. 50/1991 of 23/05/1991

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1977. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.