Monopoly on tobacco and snuff

Type

Decision

Number

16

Date of the text

30/01/1935

Official Gazette

published in 1935

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

94

What it provides

This decree subjects the purchase, manufacture and sale of tobacco in the mandate states to a single state monopoly run by the Régie, and sets out the regulation of tobacco and tobacco-leaf cultivation, supervision by a standing committee, and the settlement of disputes between the administration and the authorities.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decision No. 123/1937 of 11/08/1937, articles 28
• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 119/1941 of 26/05/1941
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 76/1977 of 27/06/1977, articles 49
• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 97/1937 of 29/06/1937, articles 50

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1935. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.