Law on the Jurisdiction of Magistrates of the Peace

Type

Law

Date of the text

04/12/1930

Official Gazette

published in 1930

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This law gives justices of the peace jurisdiction over personal-status (nufus) cases that otherwise fall to the courts of first instance, and makes their rulings in such cases appealable before those courts.

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.