Law on Draining Swamp Lands and the Resulting Increase in Their Value

Type

Law

Date of the text

27/04/1928

Official Gazette

published in 1928

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

9

What it provides

Regulates draining swampy land that harms health: the state drains it when owners neglect to, and beneficiary owners must pay half the resulting rise in land value, with the same rule applied to river works and roads along rivers, plus valuation and collection procedures and a special committee.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1928. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.