Concerning Prohibited Items in Correspondence, Violations of This Prohibition, and the Penalties Imposed on Offenders

Type

Decision

Number

72

Date of the text

16/05/1933

Official Gazette

published in 1933

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

12

What it provides

This decree sets out which items may not be placed in postal mail exchanged between mandate states, imposes a fine on senders who include precious metals, jewellery or valuables, and allows postal authorities to recover unpaid fees, by compulsion if necessary.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1933. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.