This legislative decree sets out Lebanon's administrative division into governorates and districts, the regional offices of ministries within them, and the powers of the governor who represents the state ministries and heads all officials in the governorate.
What has changed this text
Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 11613/1969 of 04/01/1969, articles 15, 29, 39
Partly repealed by Law No. 0/1962 of 07/02/1962, articles 29
Amended by Law No. 142/2019 of 09/07/2019, articles 29
Amended by Law No. 24/2017 of 10/02/2017
Amended by Decree No. 2886/1959 of 16/12/1959
Amended by Decree No. 13614/1963 of 21/08/1963
Amended by Decree No. 8347/1961 of 30/12/1961, articles 2
The full text
This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1959. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.