Combating Smallpox

Type

Law

Date of the text

08/06/1959

Official Gazette

published in 1959

Status today

Suspended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This law regulates smallpox control by requiring general vaccination across Lebanon every four years, with the Ministry of Public Health bearing the cost. It makes vaccination of infants compulsory within their first six months, holds parents responsible for delays, and sets how birth registers are passed to local heal

What has changed this text

• Suspended by Law No. 31/1980 of 25/09/1980

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1959. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.