Establishment of a Regime for Sharecropping (Musaqat)

Type

Decision

Number

12

Date of the text

16/01/1934

Official Gazette

published in 1934

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

14

What it provides

This decree sets rules for musaqat, a long-term tenancy agreement over immovable property, giving the tenant a registrable real right. It fixes the lease term between fifteen and ninety-nine years and specifies who may contract and the conditions for leasing minors' and endowment property.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1934. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.