This decree regulates the Internal Security Forces as an armed public force tasked with public safety, maintaining order and enforcing laws. It places them under the Minister of Interior and lists their four components: the gendarmerie, the Beirut police, the judicial police and a joint institute.
What has changed this text
Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 7278/1961 of 07/08/1961, articles 65, 109, 119, 127, 128
Amended by Law No. 44/1965 of 14/08/1965, articles 48
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.