Law on the Protection of Forests

Type

Decree-Law

Number

3

Date of the text

31/01/1930

Official Gazette

published in 1930

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decree temporarily assigns village mukhtars, their municipal councils and village guards to protect the forests within their villages' areas, defines which forests are covered (excluding certain districts kept under the Ministry of Agriculture), and requires a Ministry of Agriculture permit for any use of them.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1930. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.