Seizure of Funds Due from the Government or Municipalities to Contractors for Supplies or Public Works

Type

Decree-Law

Number

5

Date of the text

31/05/1932

Official Gazette

published in 1932

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This decree bars seizure of sums owed by the government or municipalities to contractors supplying goods or public works where workers are owed wages. It gives unpaid workers' wages priority over debts to suppliers of tools and equipment, and lets the government pay the workers directly.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1932. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.