Purchase of Real Estate in Border Areas

Type

Decision

Number

16

Date of the text

18/01/1934

Official Gazette

published in 1934

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decree subjects property sales, mortgages, and long leases to foreign persons in designated border zones to authorization from the head of state or government, voids registrations made without it, and allows certain foreign legal entities to be authorized for categories of property transactions.

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.