Determination of the Number, Seats and Jurisdictional Areas of the Magistrates' Courts

Type

Decree-Law

Number

8

Date of the text

03/02/1930

Official Gazette

published in 1930

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This legislative decree fixes the number of justice-of-the-peace courts in Lebanon at twenty-eight and specifies their seats and territorial jurisdictions across the governorates and districts.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 0/1947 of 05/05/1947
• Amended by Decree No. 78/1933 of 07/03/1933, articles 1
• Amended by Law No. 0/1930 of 11/12/1930, articles 1
• Amended by Law No. 0/1930 of 13/12/1930
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 69/1940 of 24/10/1940

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.