Text of the Mandate Instrument for Syria and Lebanon

Type

Decision

Date of the text

05/10/1923

Official Gazette

published in 1923

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

20

What it provides

This instrument sets out the terms of the French Mandate over Syria and Lebanon, obliging the mandatory power to draft a basic statute for both countries within three years while supporting local administrative autonomy, and allowing it to keep troops and organize local forces. It gives it control of foreign relations,

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.