Concerning the Recognition and Equivalence of Foreign Secondary Completion Certificates Obtained by Lebanese Nationals Abroad or Inside Lebanon During the Years

Type

Law

Number

40

Date of the text

23/06/1988

Official Gazette

published in 1988

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

Equates foreign secondary and intermediate school certificates held by Lebanese students with Lebanese certificates for specified years, and exempts some holders from the Lebanese baccalaureate requirement for law and political science study.

What has changed this text

• Extended by Law No. 149/1992 of 06/05/1992

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1988. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.