Abolishing the use of the Lebanese-Syrian gold pound in accounts

Type

Decision

Number

2094

Date of the text

29/08/1928

Official Gazette

published in 1928

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

10

What it provides

Abolishes gold as the official unit of account in the mandated territories from 1 September 1928, restores the Lebanese-Syrian pound as the sole legal currency for accounting and payment, and sets the conversion of budgets, taxes and fees into that pound at a fixed rate while the 1928 budget continues provisionally.

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.