Rent Law

Type

Law

Date of the text

21/06/1956

Official Gazette

published in 1956

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

19

What it provides

This law extends leases expiring before the end of 1958 for properties used for housing, commerce, industry or professions across Lebanon, and sets out the grounds on which a tenant loses the extension and may be evicted, such as non-payment of rent, misuse or abandonment of the property.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 0/1960 of 03/05/1960, articles 14
• Extended by Law No. 0/1961 of 09/08/1961
• Extended by Law/1961 of 09/08/1961
• Extended by Law No. 0/1958 of 24/12/1958
• Extended by Law/1958 of 24/12/1958

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1956. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.