Organisation of the General Security Directorate

Type

Decree-Law

Number

139

Date of the text

12/06/1959

Official Gazette

published in 1959

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

50

What it provides

This legislative decree organizes the General Directorate of General Security, defining its tasks of gathering political, economic and social intelligence, assisting judicial investigations, monitoring borders and foreigners, and issuing travel permits, as well as the director's powers, appointment and training of pers

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 21/1973 of 02/11/1973, articles 19
• Amended by Law No. 300/2001 of 03/04/2001
• Amended by Law No. 48/1965 of 03/09/1965, articles 2, 5
• Amended by Law No. 170/1992 of 04/09/1992, articles 5, 17, 19, 20, 23
• Amended by Law No. 107/1991 of 06/11/1991, articles 7
• Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 7264/1961 of 07/08/1961, articles 4, 7, 17, 38, 41, 43
• Amended by Law No. 9/1965 of 10/02/1965, articles 5
• Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 3194/1972 of 13/05/1972, articles 9, 10, 19, 20
• Partly repealed by Law enacted by Decree No. 3194/1972 of 13/05/1972, articles 9, 10, 19, 20
• Amended by Law No. 344/1994 of 16/06/1994
• Partly repealed by Decree-Law No. 104/1983 of 16/09/1983
• Repealed by Decree-Law No. 104/1983 of 16/09/1983
• Amended by Law No. 557/1996 of 24/07/1996, articles 19, 20

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.