Formation and Jurisdiction of Certain Courts in Lebanon

Type

Decision

Number

2029

Date of the text

07/07/1923

Official Gazette

published in 1923

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

17

What it provides

It regulates the composition of several courts in Greater Lebanon, placing French judges at the head of the Beirut first instance and appeal courts and the Court of Cassation in disputes involving a foreign party, allowing French-majority panels on a party's request, and attaching French clerks, translators and bailiff

What has changed this text

• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 2501/1924 of 15/03/1924, articles 1, 8, 10, 12, 14

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1923. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.